v. Obs. [f. UM- + SIEGE v. Cf. umbesiege under UMBE-.] trans. To besiege.

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a. 1325.  Prose Psalter, xxi. 16. Þe counseil of wicked vmseged me.

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c. 1340.  Hampole, Psalter, xxi. 11. Fat bulles me has vmseged.

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c. 1440.  Alph. Tales, 220. When Titus had vmsegid Jerusalem ij yere. Ibid., 226. What cetie at þai vmsegid, þai trustid to gett & wyn itt.

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