exfibulare

exfibulare [LL] , to unclasp, untie (also fig.). Cf. Prudentius Psych. 633. GlH E 575 (v. exsolvere 1a); domina lacernam ‥ effibulabat Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 4; effibulare, pallium dissolvere Ib. 194; intacta virgo ‥ / ‥ modum istum / solvit et effibulat Walt. Wimb. Virgo 23; solvit et effibulat fedus matrimonii Id. Elem. 324.