umbelap

动词 v.
/ˌʌmbɪˈlæp/    /ˌʌmbəˈlæp/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To enshroud, to envelop; to surround. obsolete,transitive
    — For hit is a figure that haldes · five pointes, / And eche line umbelappes · and loukes in other, / And aywhere hit is endeles; · and Englich hit callen / Overal, as I here, · the endles knot.
    For it [the emblem on Gawain’s shield, a pentagram] is a shape that has five points, / And each line overlaps and crosses another, / And everywhere it is endless, so in English it is called / Everywhere, as far as I know, "the endless knot".

词形变化

umbelaps present,singular,third-person umbelapping participle,present umbelapped participle,past umbelapped past umbelappe alternative

词源

From Middle English umbelappen, umbelappe (“to clothe or wrap; to enclose, envelop; to beset or encircle (an enemy); to besiege; to interlace, overlap”) [and other forms], either from:
* umb-, umbe- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi (“about, around, on either side of”)) + lappen (“to wrap; to place so as to enclose or enfold; to encase; to envelop; to clothe; to put on armour; to ensnare, snare”); or
* um- (prefix meaning ‘around, encircling, surrounding; covering, enveloping, wrapping’) + bilappen (“to envelop; to clothe; to surround; to blend, mix”) (from bi- (completive, intensifying, or figurative prefix) + lappen (see above)).
Lappen is derived from lap, lappe (“loose part of a garment; folded or extended skirt, or loose sleeve, used to hold things; small piece of cloth or mail detached from a garment or coat of mail; a part, portion, share; a person’s lap; (also figuratively) a person’s bosom or breast; (anatomy) a loose part of the body (such as an earlobe or a lobe of the liver); female genitalia; cavity or sinus in the body; (in place names) piece of land at the edge of an estate or parish”) (from Old English læppa (“skirt; (anatomy) lobe”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”)) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
The English word is analysable as umbe- + lap (“to enfold, envelop; to enwrap, wrap around”) or um- + belap (“to lap or wrap around, envelop, surround”).
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