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ymb-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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ymb-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gan.
to go round
a circular course
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  • Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe. Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 6.
an object
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  • Hí útan ymbgáð ceaster

    circuibunt civitatem,

      Ps. Spl. C. 58, 16.
to go about, in the neighbourhood of. v. ymb,
1 b
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  • Ic ymbgaa weófod ðínre

    circumdabo altare tuum,

      Ps. Spl. C. 25, 6.
  • Ic ymbgá and ic offrige onsægednessa

    circumivi et immolavi hostiam,

      Ps. Spl. 26, 11.
to go about, through. v. ymb,
1 e
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  • Swá hundas ymbgáð hwommas ceastre,

      Ps. Th. 58, 6, 14.
  • Ymbeode ides Helminga duguðe and geógoþe, dǽl ǽghwylcne,

      Beo. Th. 1244; B. 620.
  • Ymbeade Hǽlend alle Galiléa

    circumibat Jesus totam Galilaeam,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 23.
  • Ðá ongan heó ymbgán ða hús ðæs mynstres

    coepit circuire in monasterio casulas,

      Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 32. [I umyhode, Ps. 26, 6.
  • Umga,

      58, 7.
  • Þe laddes unbiyeden him,

      Havel. 1842. O. H. Ger. umbi-gán.
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v.  embe-gán ymb-gangan.
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