† umlap, v. Obs.
[f. um- + lap v.2 Cf. umbelap v.]
trans. To encompass, surround.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 2778 Þaa foles feluns þat war fuus, All vmlapped loth huse. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 6937 Þai salle umlapp þam alle oboute, And gnaw on ilka lym and souke. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paul) 537 Fra hewine schane don a mekil lycht, And vmlappyt hym son all. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 109 Þe nombre of ten ys þe perfeccion of hem þat enbracen ffourhede, & vmlappys it yn nombres. c 1440 Alph. Tales 367 Sodanlie he was vmlappid with a grete flok of myce. Ibid. 521 Þe se-flude vmlappid bothe hym & þe cow & þe calfe. |