Meaning of umbeset | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To block, obstruct; act detrimentally toward.
   Scotland, archaic, dialectal
2. To overwhelm; cover completely.
   Scotland, archaic, dialectal

Examples

“The Lord Gordon ships with some friends. Monro umbesets his way; yet he escapes, ignorant of Monro's devyse.”

“[…] to underly the law at the lext Justice-aire of Renfrew, for umbesetting the high-way, by way of Murder;”

“[…] , and pressing to have bereft them of their lives by umbesetting of the high gates to that effect at divers times of before, […]”

“[…] that king on one occasion, April 1535, having to grant a letter of protection in favour of him ‘and his wife and bairns’ against Sir Patrick Hepburn of Wauchtonne and thirty-four others for ‘umbesetting the highway for his slaughter.’”

“The Opponents Umbeset with Trickery.”

“But soothly, of sithes the more I am umbeset with anguish of heart, and destitute of all men’s comfort, the more favourable and godly I find her to me.”

“Certainly a good soul umbeset with many diseases, and noyed with the heat of temptation, can not feel the sweetness of God’s love as it is in itself;”

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