obuncare

obuncare [LL as p. ppl.] 1 to bend, curve, hook. b to cause to bend. ~ans, genyclede GlC O 36; 10‥ ~ans, gecnyclede WW; ~are, curvare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 404.  b non me pauperies cruciet nec languor obuncet (Vers.) Alcuin Liturg. 579D. 2 to clasp, embrace. presbiterum quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis procax ~abat [sc. prostituta] Aldh. VirgP 32; quem probrosa manus ‥ obuncat Id. VirgV 1023; ~o, ic ymbclippe Ælf. Gl. 118; 10‥ ~abat, oferfeng; ‥ ~abat, ymbclypte; ‥ ~at, ymbfeng WW. 3 to rebuke, reproach. ~ans, objurgans GlC O 25; a longe clamans et abbatem ~ans “tu, tu” inquit “male cogitasti” W. Malm. GR III 263; W. pre furore fere extra se positus et ~ans Heliam “tu” inquit “nebulo, tu quid faceres? ” Ib. IV 320; eum vel aperte ~abant verbis vel occulte velicabant ludibriis Id. Wulfst. III 4.