pergyrare

pergyrare, ~girare [LL] , to go round or through, make a circuit of (area, territory, or sim.); b (of news or rumour). c to follow or complete (circular or circuitous route). arrepta eadem laterna, ~gyret [AS: abutan fare] et ipse chorum RegulC 57; cursores mox provinciae ‥ cunctam ~girant regionem Enc. Emmae I 3; rex castelli ambitum prudenter ~girans G. Steph. 23 p. 48; vidit eum ‥ ~girando aream ambulando ire sepius et redire R. Cold. Cuthb. 72 p. 148; manu forti Walliam ~girantes omnia devastabant Dieul. f. 146. b rumor novus Anglie partes pergiravit Ps.-Map 180. c circuitu ~girato [v. l. peragrato; gl.: envirouné] ab occidentali domus fronte ‥ ad orientalem partem Balsh. Ut. 52.

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