Obs. In 4–3 vmbeclyppe, -clippe, 5 vmbiclyppe. [See UMBE- and BECLIP v.1 OE. ymbclyppan occurs in the same sense.] trans. To surround, cncircle.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 616. Þe cercle was more o prys. Þat vmbe-clypped hys croun.
a. 1395. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxxvii. Sothfastnes shall vmbiclyppe [ed. 1533 becleppe] the wyth a sheelde.
c. 1400. Anturs of Arth., x. (Douce MS.). Al glowed as a glede þe goste þere ho glides, Vmbeclipped him with a cloude, of cle[th]yng vnclere.
c. 1450. Mirk’s Festial, 64. The sykyngys of deth hauen vmbeclypped me.
