In the neighbourhood; around.
Thaboũdant grace of the power deuyne / whiche doth illumyne yͤ world inuyron / Preſerue this audyẽce and cauſe them to inclyne / To charyte this is my petycyon
Almost, nearly.
To encircle or surround (someone or something).
A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
Naples and its environs
From Middle English envirounen, enviroun (“to surround in a circle or ring, or on the perimeter; to beset, besiege; to cover, enclose, envelop; to provide a setting or surrounding to; to move in a cir...
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For now I ſtand as one vpon a rocke, / Inuirond with a wildernes of ſea, / VVho markes the vvaxing tide, grovv vvaue by vvaue, / Expecting euer vvhen ſome enuious ſurge, / VVill in his briniſh bovvels ſvvallow him.
To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
Farre off a hill and mountaine high they ſpide, / VVhoſe top the cloudes enuiron, cloath and hide; […]
Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
Lonely her fate was, / Environed from sight / In the house where the gate was / Past finding at night.