galeare

galeare [CL] 1 to equip w. a helmet; b (p. ppl.); c (fig.). d (as sb. m.) helmeted warrior. e (of bird) crested. pilleolus planus, nec eas [sc. comas] galeet veteranus D. Bec. 1189.  b ‘cristatus Achilles’ [Verg. Aen. I 468] id est crista et cono ~eatus Aldh. PR 124; cristatus, ~eatus GlC C 918; 9‥ ~atum, gehylmed WW; illi ‥ loricati et ~eati adversariis ‥ occurrebant Ord. Vit. XII 17 p. 353; cum de substantia que homo est queritur qualis sit, ‥ si stet jaceatne, si ~eatus sive ornatus sit ‥ H. Reading (I) Dial. 1143C; 1168 cum multitudine militum loricatorum et ~eatorum J. Sal. Ep. 246 (279 p. 604); in armis vero ‥ ~eat jam capite Gir. TH III 49; H. Avr. CG 18 (v. 1 galea 1a); garcio sutoris nunc galeatus adest Gower VC III 264.  c 949 Eadred regali gubernaculo ~eatus cum consensu optimatum hanc cartulam consignavit Ch. Burton 8; nobis inevacuabili veritatis testudine ~eatis O. Cant. Pref. Frith. 16; ipse licet plenis sis deliciis galeatus, / non tamen infestes illos [sc. socios tuos] feritate leonis D. Bec. 1131.  d videntes ‥ ~eatos ‥ Nogionem tendere Ord. Vit. XII 18 p. 355; s1345 cum x millibus ~eatorum, aliis quoque hominibus armorum Avesb. 105.  e ~eata ‥ alauda Neckam NR I 68 (v. cirritus b); [gallus] motu capitis galeati / provocat iram Id. DS II 817. 2 (p. ppl.) helmet-shaped; b (as name of mountain). terete circuli ~eati figura in rotunditate lineali medietatis [sc. capitis S. Oswaldi] curvatura consurgit et dimittitur R. Cold. Osw. 51.  b ut ‥ / ‥ galeati transeat umbram V. Merl. 675.