v. Obs. Also ? 4 envere, 6 envoyre. [a. OF. envire-r (occuring in sense ‘to turn round’) f. en (see EN-1) + virer to VEER.] = ENVIRON v. (It is doubtful whether the first quot. belongs here.)
[a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 1694. Myne armez are of ancestrye enueryde with lordez.]
14[?]. Lydg., MS. Soc. Antiq. 134 (Halliw.). Of the Holy Gost rounde aboute envirid.
1513. Bradshaw, St. Werburge (1848), 137. The sayd abbay Enuired with walles myghty to assay.
c. 1530. Ld. Berners, Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814), 252. Enuoyred with greate and depe dyches ful of water.
