† umlouk, v. Obs.
Also -luke, -lok(e.
[f. um- + louk v.2 Cf. MDu. omme-, omluken (Du. omluiken), and see umbelouk under umbe-.]
trans. To surround, enclose.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 22705 The see þat vmlukes þe land, And watres all that rinnes in strand, Al sal turn again to noght. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii. 68 He vmlouked in swerd his folke to be. a 1340 Hampole Psalter cxliv. 3 He is incomprehensibil, for na stede, na thoght, may vmlouke him. a 1400–50 Alexander 4672 With soft serkis of silke ȝoure sidis [ȝe] vm-loke. |