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glomerare [CL] 1 to form into a mass, pack together. genae gemellae collibus / glomerantur cum mollibus (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 5. 34; ~at, convolvit GlC G 127; omnia sua ‥ in sarcinulas colligando ~avit R. Cold. Cuthb. 105; nam vi vel flatus vel aque glomerantur in unum / exiles atomi particuleque leves Neckam DS V 61. 2 to assemble (persons), gather (animals) into a crowd; b (pass. in middle sense). c to gather (individual) into (existing) crowd. d (intr.) to crowd together. concilium glomerant ‥ nefandum Aldh. VirgV 923; c697 (12c) regi Cantuariorum, necnon ‥ abbatibus, ‥ ducibus, satrapis in unum ~atis CS 91; 706 examina apum ‥ emergunt et ‥ cohortes ‥ ad aethera ~ant Aldh. Ep. 9 (12); 990 (12c) tribus ‥ rebus ‥ exceptis ‥ id est cum ~ata sibi alternatim expeditioni [? l. expeditione] compulerit populari commilitonum confligere castra CD 673; muliercule simul ~ate Gosc. Aug. Maj. 56D; [gnatones] in amenioris temporis presagium ~antur J. Godard Ep. 220; R. Maidstone Conc. 285 (v. erilis 2); ne ~ata et indisciplinata multitudo libidine transeundi seipsam comprimeret G. Hen. V 11.  b venit pontifex ‥ et populus ~atur ad illum Gosc. Wulfh. 6.  c nec minus interea glomeretur virgo Johannes Aldh. CE 4. 5. 1; †glomoramur, atjungimur GlC G 130; nunc precor in tua gloria ‥ mirifice ~atus cum tuis sanctis ut vincula prostrati hominis solvas Byrht. V. Ecgwini 388.  d omnes pariter glomerantes agmine denso / contra ‥ senem sistebant Aldh. VirgV 817; catervatim glomerant ad bella falanges Ib. 2454; neque latrones libidis / glomerantes genuinis / letiferae libidinis / ‥ / abstrahunt (Æthelwald) Carm. Aldh. 2. 54; qui diversis inordinate ~antium heresibus affligitur solo ‥ ecclesiae fideliter corde quaeritatur Bede Luke 443A; vasta glomerante caterva Mir. Nin. 23; assidue circa regem glomorantes ‥ concinnabant dolos Favent 2 (cf. ib. 10: proditores circa vos ~antes). 3 accelerate (one’s steps), make rapid (movement). omnis eo agrestium turba cursu fugam ~at W. Malm. GP V 217.

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