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ymb-set

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ymb-set, es; n.
Siege, blockade
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  • Ðæt gér ymbsetes ðære Beadonescan dúne

    annum obsessionis Badonici montis

    ,
      Bd. 1, 16; S. 484, 22.
  • Hé ne mihte ne mid gefeohte ne mid ymbsete (

    obsidione

    ) ða burh ábrecan ne gegán,
      3, 16; S. 542, 19.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. umbi-sez obsidio.]
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  • ymb-set, n.