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ymb-útan

  • preposition
  • adverb
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Wright's OE grammar
§559;
about, around, without.
prep.
local,
with dat.
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  • Ðam nis nán wuht bufan, ne nán wuht benyþan, ne ymbútan,

      Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 19.

  • Hú wídgil sint wolcnum ymbútan heofones hwealfe,

      Met. 10, 6.
with accus.
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  • Geseah se Hǽlend mycle menigeo ymbútan hyne (

    circum se

    ),
      Mt. Kmbl. 8, 18.

  • Hé wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám,

      Cd. Th. 31, 27; Gen. 492.

  • Ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc,

      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 17.

  • Suǽ suǽ se here sceolde bión getrymed onbútan Hierusalem, suǽ sculon beón getrymed ða word ðæs sacerdes ymbútan ðæt mód his hiéremonna

    quasi obsidio circa civitatem Jerusalem voce praedicatoris ordinatur

    ,
      Past. 21; Swt. 163, 1.

  • Hwí séce gé ymbútan eów ða gesǽlþa ðe gé oninnan eów habbaþ geset?

    quid extra petitis intra vos positam felicitatem ?

      Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 4.

  • Onginne hé sécan oninnan him selfum ðæt hé ǽr ymbúton hine sóhte,

      35, 1; Fox 154, 22 : Met. 22, 7.

  • Munt is hine ymbútan, gylden weal,

      Salm. Kmbl. 510; Sal. 255: Ps. Th. 124, 2.

  • Licgaþ mé ymbútan grindlas,

      Cd. Th. 24, 24; Gen. 382.

  • Hine ymbútan hálge hereféðan blícaþ,

      Exon. Th. 62, 35 ; Cri. 1012.

  • Standan ymbeútan ða eardung*-*stówe

    stare circa tabernaculum

    ,
      Num. 11, 24: Ex. 29, 20: Lev. 3, 2.
about, concerning
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  • Hí ne gesáwon sundbúende, ne ymbútan hí ne hérdon,

      Met. 8, 14.
adv.
alone
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  • Fýr bið ymbútan on ǽghwylcum,

      Cd. Th. 280, 34; Sat. 264.

  • Him on healfa gehwone heofonengla þreát ymbútan faraþ,

      Exon. Th. 58, 1; Cri. 929.

  • Hit bið sinbyrnende and ymbútan hit óðra stówa forbærnð,

      Met. 8, 53.

  • Glídeþ ǽg ymbútan,

      20, 171.
with other adverbs
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  • Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan,

      Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 17.
  • Sum hund scipa fóron súð ymbútan, and sum feówertig scipa norþ ymbútan, 894 ; Erl. 91, 6.

  • Tó farenne eást ymbútan,

      Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 292, 29.

  • Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíþe feorran ymbúton

    velut ab alio orsa principio disseruit

    ,
      Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 11.

  • For ðam folce ðe hér ymbútan stent,

      Jn. Skt. 11, 42.

  • Ealla ða neáhstówa ðǽr ymbútan,

      Bt. 15; Fox 48, 22 : Cd. Th. 154, 3 ; Gen. 2550.

  • Hú sunnu ðǽr scíneþ ymbútan,

      286, 15; Sat. 352.

  • Ymbeútan,

      Mk. Skt. 14, 47.
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v. ymb.
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v.  emb-útan.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-útan.” 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/37225.

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