† umbelap, v. Obs.
Forms: 5 um-, vmbelappe (6 vn-); 4–5 um-, vmbilappe, vmbylap(p.
[See umbe- and belap v., and cf. umlap v.]
trans. To encompass, surround.
| a 1350 St. Andrew 243 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 7 Þar come a light in Doun fro þe heuyn..And vmbilappid his bodi about. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1819 The kynge of Lebe has laughte a stede þat hym lykede, And comes in lordely.., Umbelappez þe lumpe, and lattes in sondre. c 1400 Mandeville (Roxb.) xxviii. 128 A thikke mirkness..vmbelapped þe emperour and all his oste. c 1440 Alph. Tales 423 When I dyed devuls vmbelappid me. c 1440 Gesta Rom. xcv. 426 (Add. MS.), Thou mayste aske, why this man disserued contricion, that wes vmbelapped with so many synnes. 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. lxii. (1893) 254 If it touch the, yet let it nat throwe þe downe, ne longe vnbelappe the. |