A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Circumferat, -ferit, p.p. [Irregularly f. L. circumferre.] Surrounded, encircled. —15.. Clar. i. 25.
With cirkill of gold … Circumferit with roobies Ib. iv. 1183.
Ane goune … Circumferat with stonis c1550 Rolland C. Venus i. 86.
Trim tergattis … , Circumferat with stanis subtellie
