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ymb-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
to stand about or
around
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  • Ðis folc ðæt hér ymbstandeþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 143, 7: Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 42.

  • Eall seó gesomnung bróþra and sweostra on twá halfe singende ymbstódon (

    circumstaret

    ),
      Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 9.
  • ¶ pres. part. used substantively :-- Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 23.
to surround
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  • Mé ymbstódan strange manige

    circumdantes circumdederunt me,

      Ps. Th. 117, 11.

  • Hý habbaþ mé útan ymbstanden

    circumdederunt me

    ,
      16, 10.

  • Hí bióþ úton ymbstandene (printed -standende, but see útan ymbestandne, Met. 25, 7) mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna

    septos tristibus armis

    ,
      Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 4.
Etymology
[He saw how þe laddes wode Hauelok his louerd umbistode, Hav. 1875. O. H. Ger. umbi-standan circumstare, circumdare.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-standan.” 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/37207.

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