† umset, v. Obs.
Also 6 vnsett.
[f. um- + set v.1 Cf. MDu. omme-, omsetten (Du. omzetten), MSw. omsätia, Da. omsætte; OHG. umbi-, umpisezzan (MHG. umbesezzen, -setzen, G. umsetzen), OE. ymbsettan.]
trans. To surround, invest.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 195 How Iuus iesu oft vmsette And for his sermon thrali thrette. Ibid. 15012 Wit harp and pipe, and horn and trump, Þe strette þai him vmsette. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 1250 For-why here we er on many wyse Alle umset with sere enmys. a 1352 Minot in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 77 With him come mani a kumly knight And all umset the bare obout. c 1400 Destr. Troy 6964 Cassibilan kynd brether þen þe kyng segh,..Vmset hym full sone in a sop hole. a 1600 Flodden Field lxxi. in Child Ball. III. 358/1 Sir Rice..Came with a feirce menye; He bent his bowes on the bent to abyde, And cleane vnsett the gallow-tree. |