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circumvolare

circumvolare [CL] , to fly around, revolve. b (trans.) to encircle in flight. vidit ‥ duos [angelos] ab utroque latere ~antes Bede HE III 19 p. 166; illa parte caeli ~at luna nona decima Id. TR 18; more apis ‥, quae solet boni odoris arbores ~ando requirere Wulf. Æthelwold 9.  b [nisus] insulam evolans et circumeundo ~ans nusquam evadere ‥ prevaluit R. Cold. Cuthb. 111; hostis / publicus occultis hominem circumvolat alis Vinsauf PN 1355.

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