regyrare

regyrare [CL] 1 (intr.) to wheel (oneself) round (again), to turn back or away; b (of celestial body, also w. ref. to retrograde motion). si ‥ hec domina ‥ invenerit vilem et horridam plebem viciorum, statim ‥ ~irando effugiet in sanctas animas (Gros.) Wycl. Ver. I 203; †801 (13c) tum itaque ~irando a Bicanstapole per profunditatem et medietatem unius vallis juxta uno acerbo lapidum quem nos Stancestil vocamus CS 282.  b in remotissimis ‥ arctoae regionis partibus, sol ~irans a Cancro aliquot noctium tempore juxta limbum terre ‥ continue ‥ circueundo videtur Gir. TH II 17; heu quod ‥ planeta progrediens ~iratur retrograde R. Bury Phil. prol.. 2 (trans.) to cause to wheel round (again), to (cause to) turn back or away; b (w. equus or sim. as obj., also transf. w. lora as obj.); c (refl.); d (w. abstr. obj.). e to cause to return (to). ~iratis navium proris, Normanniam cum maxima preda repetiit W. Jum. VII 5 (ed. OMT p. 106) (= W. Poit. I 2, Wals. YN 59); si ille ex una parte ignis accumberet, et illorum [sc. serpentium] grex ex alia regione se calefaciendo discumberet, et uno latere calefacto, aliud ~iraret R. Cold. Godr. 55; motus ejus ad occidentem, qui appellatur fluxis ‥ propter aque ponderositatem ‥ non sufficit ipsam completa circulacione movere. et ideo, ante complementum virtute sue ponderositatis ~iratur. et hic motus dicitur refluxus Bacon IV 426.  b Normanni repente ~iratis equis interceptos et inclusos undique mactaverunt W. Poit. II 20; cornipede ~irato Ord. Vit. VIII 1 p. 261; equum habenis ~iravit Ib. X 10 p. 58; super hoc tamen quod audierat cogitans et lora ~yrans Gir. EH I 40 p. 291; ~yratis equis in nomine ‥ Christi ‥ impetum fecerunt Itin. Ric. IV 19 p. 269; versus Brecheniauc lora ~irans Gir. RG I 6; in partem alteram flexis loris equos ‥ ~yrabant Trevet Ann. 144.  c s1298 sed cum cerneret rex Scotos ‥ se cum suis ~irans locum dedit malicie hujus hore Bower XI 30.  d huc [sc. ad me, Christum], Syon filia, regires aspectum J. Howd. Cant. 347.  e Herodes mala spirat / sua versucia, / sed magos tu regiras / ad loca propria Ledrede Carm. 8. 11. 3 to (cause to) turn round and round (in quot. w. ref. to tossing with a pitchfork or sim.). b (of God or divine agency) to cause (celestial sphere or sim.) to revolve or rotate. c to cause (celestial body) to follow a circular course. d to stir (liquid, in quot. absol.); e (fig.). illos denso ordine substrati sudes flammatis aculeis, dum furcis ~irantur, unguibus distrahuntur, flagellis innumeris ceduntur, diro laniabant exemplo Ad. Eyns. Visio 16.  b amor ‥ / te reponit piorum pabulum / infra parvi presepis angulum, / qui solarem regiras circulum J. Howd. CA 9; celi sola regyras circulum Id. Ph. 8; sidus ‥ / reges ducit ad regem siderum; / rex regyrans orbem astriferum / primo gaudet honore munerum Ib. 37.  c solem verum dum sinu retines, / dum regyras, moves, et sustines J. Howd. Ph. 25.  d si ‥ propter fortitudinem aque [frangatur], ~yra cum pistillo Bacon NM 549.  e 1282 pectoris intima diligenti perscrutacione ~irans et colligens Reg. Wint. II 377. 4 to (cause to) flex or curve (again), to (cause to) bend back (again). erigere ‥ nullum eorum [sc. digitorum] poterat, nec dirigere, nec motu leniori quolibet in quamlibet regionem ~irare vel reflectere R. Cold. Cuthb. 108 p. 243. 5 to go around, round (promontory or headland). s996 Danorum exercitus ‥ Penwithsteort ~irato, in ostium fluminis Tamere ‥ devectus, navibus prosilivit Fl. Worc. I 153 (= S. Durh. HR 118).