volvere

volvere [CL] 1 to cause to move in a circle or cycle, wheel, revolve (also pass. in middle sense); b (fig., w. ref. to passage of time). violentia naturalis conditionis cogit caelum ~i Anselm (CurD II 17) II 125; non intrat aliquis in paradisum nisi ‥ per igneas Elye rotas ‥ que ~untur [ME: overturneð] et cito transeunt AncrR 138.  b cum ‥ Guthlac inter dubios ~entis temporis eventus ‥ jactaretur Felix Guthl. 18. 2 to rotate so as to alter the direction or aspect of, turn. b to turn over in the mind, ponder. ut cum aliquis deambulans in nundinis ‥ merces contrectans ~it et revolvit Simil. Anselmi 35; oculus unus verti non potest quo non vertatur et alius, sed in eandem partem semper ~untur Ib. 63; per eos qui in rota ‥ rotantur, negotiatores ostendit, qui semper tempestatibus turbinibusque ~untur Alb. Lond. DG 6. 5; oculum ~erem et revolverem, si quo modo videre possem distincte [utrum esset bos vel asinus] Lutterell Visio Beat. f. 93v; nec digitus sagimine delibutus aut folia ‥ ~at aut signacula libri solvat R. Bury Phil. 17. 224.  b haec pensate die, mente haec quoque volvite nocte Wulf. Brev. 679; quicunque ‥ aliquem ‥ diligit ‥ ~at et revolvat hunc suum affectum apud se Eadmer Excell. B. M. 565B; cum per annos plurimos mecum secrecius ~erem quid ‥ stili memoria perpetuarem Cuthb. Hib. pref.; talia ‥ mihi ‥ diu ‥ in animo anxie ~enti Gir. TH intr. p. 6. 3 to impel forward in a rotary motion, roll. b to gather up (flexible material) by rolling, roll up. c to envelop in flexible material, wrap up. per eos qui saxum ~unt, ut Sisyphus, ambitum vult et repulsam significari Alb. Lond. DG 6. 5; 1279 venella ‥ deberet esse ita larga quod unum doleum vini ‥ extransverso posset ~i (HundR) Lond. Ed. I & II II 144.  b abbatissa ‥ ad ‥ Guthlacum sarcofagum ‥ linteumque in eo volutum transmisit Felix Guthl. 48; s1387 tulerunt ‥ vexillum regis et ipsum ~entes plicabant Eul. Hist. Cont. 365.  c haec munera ‥ ad ~endum corpus meum reservare curavi Felix Guthl. 50 p. 156; corpus ‥ / ‥ mundo velamine volvunt Wulf. Swith. I 977. 4 to unroll (roll or scroll), (transf.) to turn the pages of (codex). b (fig.) to explicate. librorum neglector ‥ manus aquosas et scatentes sudore ~endis voluminibus applicabit R. Bury Phil. 17. 221; da clero volvere libros Ledrede Carm. 9. 22.  b quatuor sunt regule divine scripture quibus ‥ quasi quibusdam rotis ‥ divina pagina ~itur S. Langton General. prol. 191. 5 (pass., of event) to come or happen in turn. tanta perfectionis gratia coepit conversari ‥ ut rebus omnibus quae ~untur emineret Bede HE II 1 p. 74. 6 to cause to move with a swaying or undulating motion, roll (in quot. refl.); b (w. ref. to speech, esp. with fluent or sonorous delivery). consueto more equorum [jumentum] quasi post lassitudinem in diversum latus vicissim sese ~ere ‥ coepit Bede HE III 9.  b cum [sicarius] simulatam legationem ore astuto ~eret Bede HE II 9; adhuc sermo ~evatur [i. e. ~ebatur] in ore W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 207. 7 to cause to fall forward, (pass.) to prostrate oneself (cf. provolvere). anachorita volutis genibus ante pedes [v. l. prostratus pedibus] ejus ‥ ait “adjuro te ‥” V. Cuthb. IV 9; aeger adest vati, supplex genibusque volutus / ‥ poscit ‥ Bede CuthbV 238. 8 to cause to pass down by inheritance or succession, devolve (cf. devolvere). Johannes ‥ Arthurum occidere conabatur ut ‥ terre quas idem A. possederat ad eum hereditarie ‥ ~erentur Meaux I 340. 9 (arch.) to form or construct (arched or vaulted structure), turn. s1178 cum machinas ad fornicem magnam ~endam ‥ preparasset Gerv. Cant. Chr. 20; s1179 ciborium quod desuper magnum altare est ~it Ib. 21.