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circumcingere

circumcingere [CL] 1 to girdle, encircle (w. something). b to fence round (fig.), protect. c to wrap, bind (a book). Aldh. VirgV 237 (v. circum 1a); Lud ‥ renovavit muros urbis Trinovantum et innumerabilibus turribus eam ~cinxit G. Mon. III 20; quod de carcanni porcione ejus corpus ~cinxerat R. Cold. Cuthb. 20.  b 1007 (13c) ego ‥ cartulam ~cingo et circumroboro sanctae crucis signaculo CD 1303.  c s1522 ut adferret sibi librum alba membrana ~cinctum Hist. Durh. 14. 2 to surround, bound. 774 (10c) [terra] his ‥ confiniis circum cincta CS 213; 1007 (13c) tellus istis terminis ~cincta clarescit CD 1303; [fluctus] in unum se colligentes servum Dei ~cingunt R. Cold. Godr. 12; 1272 muri ~cingentes villam Cl 496; 1286 rivulus ‥ ~cingit hulmum illum PQW 309b.

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