circumluere

circumluere [CL] , to wash round. b (fig.) to surround. qui ‥ locus ‥ instar insulae maris ~itur undis Bede HE III 3; ~tus locus, mid wæter ymbtyrnd stede Ælf. Sup.; Weor fluvius ‥ locum ipsum ‥ totum ~it atque circumcinxit R. Cold. Godr. 58. b dalmati[c]e fines extremos limbus deauratus ‥ undique perambiendo ~it R. Cold. Cuthb. 42.