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for-þylman

  • verb [ weak ]
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for-þylman, -þylmian; p. de, ode; pp. ed, od
To encompass, overwhelm, cover over, obscure; involvĕre, obvolvĕre, obscūrāre
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  • He his sylfes ðǽr bán gebringeþ, ða ǽr brondes wylm on beorhstede forþylmde

    it [the phœnix] brings its own bones there, which the fire's rage had before encompassed on the mound,

    • Exon. 60 a
    • ;
    • Th. 217, 23
    • ;
    • Ph. 284.
  • Þeóstrum forþylmed

    overwhelmed with darkness,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1530
    • ;
    • El. 767: Judth. 10
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    • Thw. 23, 12
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    • Jud. 118.
  • Þeóstru ne beóþ forþylmode oððe forsworcene to ðé

    tĕnebræ non obscūrābuntur a te.

    • Ps. Lamb. 138, 12.
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v.  þylman.
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