▪ I. † viron, n. Obs.
Also 4 viroun, 5 vyroun, vyrown, vyrne.
[a. OF. viron (f. virer to turn), used as prep. or in the phr. en viron environ.]
1. Circuit, compass; a circling course. in the viron of, round about.
| a 1380 St. Augustine 1221 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 82 Þe viroun [L. circulum] of þe wattres wondurliche He schewed. 1382 Wyclif Judg. ii. 12 The sones of Yrael..folweden alien goddis, goddis of the puple that dwelten in the viroun of hem. c 1400 Arth. & Merl. (L.) 1616 Þe rede dragoun..Drof þeo white feor adoun In to þe pleynes a gret vyroun. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 510/2 Vyrne, or sercle,..girus, ambitus, circulus. |
2. in viron, round about; = environ adv.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 311 In viroun and wiþinne þei weren ful of iȝen. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 107 Summe blewe so sore that the flaume up sprong Aboutyn hyr sydys even in vyroun. c 1450 Lovelich Merlin 3196 [He must] serchen jn market & town Abowtes al this contre jn vyrown. c 1450 ― Grail xlii. 46 Ȝit loked he bothe vppe and down Al abowtes that schipe in vyrown. |
▪ II. † viron, v. Obs.
Also 5 vyroun, 5–6 viron (6 vyron); 5 vyrnyn.
[ad. OF. vironner, f. viron: see prec. and cf. environ v.]
1. trans. To go round; to make the circuit of.
| 1382 Wyclif Pref. Epist. St. Jerome i, We han redde in olde stories, sum men to han vyrounde [L. lustrasse] prouynces. |
2. To environ or encircle, to surround (with something).
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 510/2 Vyrnyn a-bowte, or closyn (K. closyn abowtyn), vallo, circumvallo. Ibid., Vyrnyn a-bowte, or gon a-bowte, ambio, circumdo. c 1440 Psalmi Penit. (1894) 10 Thu art my refute yn my woo, That hath vironed me aboute. 1523 Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccccviii. 711 They vyroned rounde aboute the towne. c 1530 ― Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 139 The curtaynes were of grene sendall vyroned wyth golde & asure. 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. (1837) 40 We may presume the service there was rare, Because the board was vironed round with states. |