v. Obs. Also 4–5 -side, 5–6 -cyde, -syde, (4 pa. t. -cide, -side, pa. pple. -cid). [ad. L. circumcīdĕre to cut round, clip; circumcise; circumscribe.] By-form of CIRCUMCISE.
a. 1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 4187. Yhit sal he be circumcid.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. xvii. 27. The same day was Abraham circumcided and Ysmael his sone. Ibid. (1388), Josh. v. 3. He circumside the sones of Israel in the hil of prepucies.
14[?]. Circunsision, in Tundale’s Vis., 98, Oure vices all that we may circunsyde.
1496. Dives & Paup. (W. de W.), III. iv. 139/2. In this tabernacle he was circumcyded.
1535. Coverdale, Jer. iv. 4. Be circumcided in the Lorde.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot. (1858), I. 68. To put out bayth his ene, Bayth nois and eiris circumsyde also.
1609. Bible (Douay), 1 Macc. i. 63. The wemen that circumcided their children were murdered.
