A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Enveron, Environ, adv. Also: enveroun, enwyroune. [ME. enviroun(e, envyron (late 14th c.), OF. environ.] Round about.c1400 Troy-bk. i. 252.
Thare was alsua about the toune Without the wallis enwyroune A playn ritht fare, ewin ande braid 1513 Doug. i. ix. 135.
The clos or dowbill crown, Set full of precyus stonys enveroun Ib. v. iii. 6; etc.
All folks enveron dyd to the costis thryng 15.. Clar. iii. 1784.
Of quhilk was maid ane executioun Upon the scaffold, the peipill environ
