v. Obs. Also 6 vnsett. [f. UM- + SET v. Cf. MDu. omme-, omsetten (Du. omzetten), MSW. omsätia, Da. omsætte; OHG. umbi-, umpisezzan (MHG. umbesezzen, -setzen, G. umsetzen), OE. ymbsettan.] trans. To surround, invest.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 195. How Iuus iesu oft vmsette And for his sermon thrali thrette. Ibid., 15012. Wit harp and pipe, and horn and trump, Þe strette þai him vmsette.
c. 1340. Hampole, Pr. Consc., 1250. For-why here we er on many wyse Alle umset with sere enmys.
a. 1352. Minot, in Pol. Poems (Rolls), I. 77. With him come mani a kumly knight And all umset the bare obout.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, 6964. Cassibilan kynd brether þen þe kyng segh,… Vmset hym full sone in a sop hole.
a. 1600. Flodden Field, lxxi. in Child, Ball., III. 358/1. Sir Rice … Came with a feirce menye; He bent his bowes on the bent to abyde, And cleane vnsett the gallow-tree.
