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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inviro(u)n, Invero(u)n, v. Also: invyron, inwiron(e, inweroun, inveiryn. [Var. of Enveron; e.m.E. inviron (1571).] tr. To surround, encircle, in various applications. Also, to set round about.(a) a1400 Leg. S. x. 463.
He gert inwirone al hyre in With … fuel 1533 Boece i. viii. 52 b.
Be the quhilk … hedeland all the ground is almaist invironit 1589 Reg. Morton I. 159.
To pas inclois and inviroun oure said burgh on all partis 1611-57 Mure Misc. P. ii. 16.
Thy mynd … With crosses compast and invironed in 1622-6 Bisset II. 387/27.
That floure … includand the reid lyoun … invironed round about the circlis of the scheild(b) 1513 Doug. x. iii. 4.
Forto doun bet the Troianys, euery syre, Inveroun all the wallys with hait fyre c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5569.
The angellis … Inueron sall that throne diuyne 1573 Sat. P. xxxix. 90.
The castell … all beset abont With fowseyis wyde, inueronit be slycht a1578 Pitsc. II. 200/32.
The regent inveronit the toune round about Brus xi. 607 (H).
For thair foyis them all abont War inweround [C. enveronyt](c) 16.. Hist. Kennedy 59.
His hous … was inveirey[n]it with woidis c1615 Chron. Kings 10.
The Lordis perseiffing that thay war inveirynt with ane cumpany of sudderttisb. fig. ?1438 Alex. ii. 9244.
The gude … inuyroned with sueitnes c1590 J. Stewart 188/11.
Yndling eine inwirons all this place