† umbeset, v. Obs. In later use Sc.
Forms: α. 4– umbeset, 4–5 vmbesette, 5–6 -set(t, wmbeset, 6 -sett, 6 ombeset(t; 4 umbisett(e, 4 vmbi-, 5 vmbysett. β. 5 vnbesette, 6–7 -set, 6 unbeset, wnbesett.
[See umbe- and beset v., and cf. umbset s.v. umb- and umset v. So MDu. omme-, ombeset p.p., MDa. ombesat p.p.]
trans. To surround, encompass, beset.
| α a 1300 Cursor M. 7179 Þai vmbisett þat tun a-bute. Ibid. 19775 Petre..to þis licam com þat lai, Wit pouer widus vm-bi-sett. 1375 Barbour Bruce vi. 535 The kyng wes in gret iuperdy, That wes on athir syde vmbeset With fayis. Ibid. ix. 706 He till the hous went hastely, And vmbeset it all about. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 48 Þe auter is vmbeset wiþ stonis. c 1470 Henry Wallace v. 168 At syndry furdis the gait thai vmbeset. 1513 Douglas æneid xi. xiv. 22 Quhou huge dolfnes, and schamful cowardice, Hes ombeset ȝour myndis apon sik wys. c 1550 Rolland Crt. Venus i. 113 With Iacinth fine, and Topazion sa fair,..Was vmbeset his body ouir all quhair. 1587 Reg. Privy Counc. Scot. IV. 162 Thai..umbesettis thair hie wayes in thair ganging and cuming fra thair parroche kirk. |
| β c 1440 Gesta Rom. lxv. 281 (Add. MS.), Whan the Steward was thus vnbesette with thise iij. bestes, he was right sory. a 1575 Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 168 Certane personis..quha was werry bent to haue vnbesett him in the waij betuix Edinburgh and Berwick. 1582–8 Hist. James VI (1804) 112 Thairfoir Lord Claud Hamiltoun unbeset the way with sum chosen men. 1624 in Abbotsford Club Misc. 144 Thomas Logie..meitting ane number of cattis..quhilk vnbesett him, the said Thomas saw ȝour face vpoun ane of [the] cattis. |
Hence
† umbeˈsetting vbl. n. Obs.| 1543 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 244 To underly the law for thair tressonable umbesetting of the gait. 1551 Ibid. X. 35 To have underlyne the lawis for unbesetting of the said Alexander Cummyng of Alteir gait. 1624 in Abbotsford Club Misc. 144 Anent the vnbesetting of the cattis. |