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ymb-gán

  • verb [ anomalous ]
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ymb-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.
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.
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v. ymb, I. 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.
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v. ymb, I. 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
      • .
Etymology
[
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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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-gán.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37130.

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