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  • preposition
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Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §234; §292; §559; §594; §645;
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  • Ymb

    erga,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 62
      • .
with acc.,
local, about, round
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  • Ymbe ða dúne

    circum montem,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 47
      • ;
    • Zup. 269, 8
      • .
marking an object which forms a centre for others
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  • Ymb ðone écan æðele stondaþ hæleð ymb héhseld,

    • Cd. Th. 267, 32
      • ;
    • Sat. 47
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 804
      • ;
    • B. 399
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 519
      • ;
    • El. 260
      • :
    • Judth. Thw. 25, 19
      • ;
    • Jud. 268
      • .

  • Ymb ðæt

    circumquaque (turmas circumquaque cum simulacro debacchantes,

    • Ald. 52)
      • ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 33: 18, 47
      • .

  • Ymb hine wǽgon wígend unforhte,

    • Cd. Th. 189, 5
      • ;
    • Exod. 180
      • .

  • Hí ymb þeódenstól þringaþ,

    • Exon. Th. 25, 7
      • ;
    • Cri. 397
      • .

  • Hié ymb ða gatu feohtende wǽron,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 50, 26
      • .

  • Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle,

    • Wulfst. 236, 23
      • .
in combination with útan :--
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  • Fuglas þringaþ útan ymbe æþelne,

    • Exon. Th. 209, 1
      • ;
    • Ph. 164
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1741
      • ;
    • An. 873
      • .

  • Ymb ðæt líc útan stondan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 217, 21
      • .
marking an object near to which are others
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  • Geségon hý englas twégen ymb ðæt frumbearn blícan,

    • Exon. Th. 32, 3
      • ;
    • Cri. 507
      • .

  • Hine twégen ymb weardas wacedon,

    • 109, 5
      • ;
    • Gú. 85
      • .

  • Ealle ða ðe ymbe mé standaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 141, 1
      • .

  • Hine ymb monig sǽrinc selereste gebeáh,

    • Beo. Th. 1383
      • ;
    • B. 689
      • .

  • Mycel menegeo ymbe Tírum

    circa Tyrum

    • Mk. Skt. 3, 8
      • .

  • Cynewulf and Offa gefuhton ymb Benesingtún and Offa nam ðone tuun,

    • Chr. 777
      • ;
    • Erl. 54, 1
      • .

  • Ymbe Brúnanburh,

    • 937
      • ;
    • Erl. 112, 5
      • :
    • Hy. 10, 23
      • .
about a person, in attendance upon :--
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  • Hé sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena,

    • Beo. Th. 1340
      • ;
    • B. 668
      • .
marking an object which is surrounded or enclosed
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  • Hié worhton fæsten ymb hié selfe,

    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 82, 21
      • .

  • Wall ymb ǽfæste,

    • Cd. Th. 231, 16
      • ;
    • Dan. 248
      • .

  • Ymbe ða herehúþe hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman,

    • Exon. Th. 363, 29
      • ;
    • Wal. 61
      • .

  • Hí ymb his heáfod gebígdon beág þyrnenne,

    • 69, 25
      • ;
    • Cri. 1126: 400, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 21, 4
      • .

  • Wæs fleóhnet ymbe ðæs folctogan bed áhongen,

    • Judth. Thw. 22, 4
      • ;
    • Jud. 47
      • .
in combination with útan :--
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  • Is ðǽr cyrice ymb ða stówe útan getimbred,

    • Blickl. Homl. 125, 20: 127, 32
      • .

  • Ymb ðínne beód útan

    in circuitu mensae tuae,

    • Ps. Th. 127, 4
      • .
marking an object along whose border others are placed
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  • Unc módige ymb mearce sittaþ,

    • Cd. Th. 114, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 1907
      • .

  • Hié wícedon ymb ðæs wæteres wylm,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 77
      • ;
    • El. 39: 271
      • ;
    • El. 136
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 188, 2
      • ;
    • Az. 39
      • .

  • Ymb ða gifhealle

    round the walls of the hall,

    • Beo. Th. 1680
      • ;
    • B. 838
      • .

  • Ðæt ríce súð licgeþ ymbe Gealboe and ymb Geador,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 383-4
      • ;
    • Sal. 191
      • .

  • Is hyge ymb heortan gerúme,

    • Cd. Th. 47, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 759: 23, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 354
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 306, 21
      • ;
    • Seef. 11
      • .
marking an object throughout or along which there is position or movement
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  • Ic lǽrde sibbe ymb ða burh Hierusalem and manige þeóda,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 11
      • .

  • Hé ymb ðæs wæteres stæð werod samnode,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 119
      • ;
    • El. 60: 453
      • ;
    • El. 227
      • .

  • Æfter dúnscræfum, ymb stánhleoðo,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2467
      • ;
    • An. 1235: 3152
      • ;
    • An. 1578
      • .

  • Ymb ða weallas scínaþ engla gástas,

    • Cd. Th. 305, 25
      • ;
    • Sat. 652
      • .

  • Ymbe hárne stán tigelfágan trafu stódan,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1682
      • ;
    • An. 843
      • .

  • Ymbe Sanere feld,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 417
      • ;
    • Sal. 209
      • .

  • Ymb healfa gehwone,

    • Exon. Th. 4, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 61
      • .

  • Sár eft gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2495
      • ;
    • An. 1249
      • .
marking an object round which anything moves
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  • Faraþ ymbe ða burh

    circuite urbem,

    • Jos. 6, 3, 12
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 6319
      • ;
    • B. 3170
      • .

  • Hý him ymb hond flugon,

    • Exon. Th. 146, 14
      • ;
    • Gú. 709
      • .

  • Hí ymb ða eaxe hwearfaþ,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 23
      • :
    • Met. 28, 22
      • .
in combination with útan
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  • Hé ymb ðás útan hweorfeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 422, 13
      • ;
    • Rä. 41, 5
      • .
temporal,
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  • Ymbe (embe, v. l.) underntíde . . . ymbe ða sixtan and nigoðan tíde

    circa horam tertium . . . circa sextam et nonam horam,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 20, 3, 5
      • .

  • Ymbe underntíd, ðá ðá se bróðor wæs gewunod tó mæssigenne,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 358, 20
      • .

  • Ofer Eástron ymbe gangdagas oððe ǽr,

    • Chr. 891
      • ;
    • Erl. 88, 16
      • .

  • On ðýs geáre ymb Martines mæssan,

    • 913
      • ;
    • Erl. 100, 33
      • .

  • Ymb ðone tiéman wǽren micel snáwgebland,

    • Ors. 4, 8
      • ;
    • Swt. 186, 33
      • .

  • Þeáh hine mon gefó ymb niht,

    • L. In. 72
      • ;
    • Th. i. 148, 8
      • .
after
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  • Ic sende rén nú ymb seofon niht ofer eorðan

    adhuc et post dies septem ego pluam super terram,

    • Gen. 7, 4
      • .

  • On ðisse tíde nú ymbe twelf mónð

    tempore isto in anno altero,

    • 17, 21
      • .

  • Næs hit lengra fyrst ac ymb áne niht,

    • Beo. Th. 270
      • ;
    • B. 135
      • .

  • Ymb twá niht,

    • Cd. Th. 181, 18
      • ;
    • Exod. 63
      • .

  • Ymb fyrst wucan bútan ánre niht,

    • Menol. Fox 172
      • ;
    • Men. 87
      • .

  • Ymb fíftig nihta æfter ðære gecýþdan ǽriste,

    • Blickl. Homl. 133, 13
      • .

  • Hé forþférde ymb .xx. wintra his ríces, bútan án ne wæs ðágyt gefylled

    defunctus est anno regni sui vicesimo necdum impleto,

    • Bd. 5, 18
      • ;
    • S. 635, 19
      • .

  • Ymb hwíle,

    • Blickl. Homl. 217, 30
      • .

  • Ymb long,

    • L. In. 21
      • ;
    • Th. i. 116, 7
      • :
    • Bt. 39, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 8
      • .

  • Ymb tela micel fæc,

    • Chr. 942
      • ;
    • Erl. 116, 21
      • .

  • Ymbe án lytel,

    • Jn. Skt. 16, 16
      • .

  • Ymb lytel fæc,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 543
      • ;
    • El. 272
      • .

  • Ymbe geára rina,

    • Chr. Pref.
      • ;
    • Erl. 3, 17
      • .

  • Ymb wintra hwearft,

    • Exon. Th. 188, 5
      • ;
    • Az. 41
      • .
where the point from which the time is measured is given by ðæs,
preceding
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  • Ðæs ymb án geár,

    • Ors. 3, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 138, 28: 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 152, 19
      • :
    • Chr. 871
      • ;
    • Erl. 74, 6, 8, 14, 25
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 29, 21
      • ;
    • Cri. 466
      • .

  • Ðæs ymb óðer swylc bútan ánre wanan,

    • Menol. Fox 279
      • ;
    • Men. 141 :359
      • ;
    • Men. 181
      • .

  • Ðæs ymbe lytel,

    • Chr. 1038
      • ;
    • Erl. 167, 6
      • .

  • Ðæs ymb litel fæc,

    • Guthl. 18
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 76, 6
      • .
following
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  • Ymb feówer hunde wintra and ymb feówertig ðæs ðe Tróia áwésted wæs

    anno post eversionem Trojae ccccxiv,

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 64, 20
      • .

  • Ymb .xxxi. wintra ðæs ðe hé ríce hæfde,

    • Chr. 755
      • ;
    • Erl. 48, 25
      • .

  • Ymbe .xli. wintra bútan ánre niht ðæs ðe Ælfréd cyning forþférde,

    • 941
      • ;
    • Erl. 116, 2: 606
      • ;
    • Erl. 20, 25: 855
      • ;
    • Erl. 68, 32
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 167, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 2769
      • .

  • Ymb swýðe lang ðæs ðe hine God álýsde,

    • Ps. Th. 17, arg
      • .
of recurring periods
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  • Saturnus ne cymþ ðǽr ǽr ymb þrittig wintra ðǽr hé ǽr wæs,

    • Bt. 39, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 214, 25
      • .

  • Ǽlce geáre ymbe twelf mónaþ,

    • Ors. 1, 10
      • ;
    • Swt. 46, 9
      • .

  • Ǽfre ymbe ðæt feórðe geár,

    • Lchdm. iii. 246, 13
      • .

  • Simble ymb þrítig nihtgerímes,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 313
      • ;
    • An. 157
      • .

  • Symble ymbe seofon niht,

    • Soul Kmbl. 19
      • ;
    • Seel. 10
      • .

  • Emb stemn

    uicissim,

    • Germ. 388, 77
      • :
    • Scint. 140, 17
      • .
of past time
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  • Ymb þreó niht com þegen Hǽlendes

    the Saviour's servant came three days ago,

    • Cd. Th. 291, 5
      • ;
    • Sat. 426
      • .

  • Ðæs ymb áne niht,

    • 300, 26
      • ;
    • Sat. 571
      • .
in figurative senses, about
marking approximation
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  • Ymb ðæt

    plus minus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 50: 68, 24
      • .
marking the object of speaking, enquiry, telling, etc.
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  • Hé ymb Godes word and Cristes geleáfan (Godes word ymbe Cristes geleáfan, M. 422, 9) bodude and lǽrde,

    • Bd. 5, 11
      • ;
    • S. 626, 29
      • .

  • Ymb ðín líf sprecan,

    • Cd. Th. 32, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 508: 110, 34
      • ;
    • Gen. 1848
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 3194
      • ;
    • B. 1595
      • .

  • Hé sægde ymb Godes ríce,

    • Blickl. Homl. 117, 13
      • .

  • Wítgan sægdon ymb ðæt æþele bearn, ðæt . . . ,

    • Exon. Th. 73, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 1195
      • .

  • Hælde se cyng swíðe deópe spǽce wið his witan ymbe ðis land, hú hit wǽre gesett,

    • Chr. 1085
      • ;
    • Erl. 218, 23
      • .

  • Wé cweþaþ lof ymb hié,

    • Blickl. Homl. 149, 32
      • .

  • Wé beót áhófon ymbe heard gewinn,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 3
      • ;
    • By. 214
      • .

  • Ðislíc cýðan ymb dígle wyrd,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1077
      • ;
    • El. 541
      • .

  • Ǽrendgewrit ymb Cristes þrowunga,

    • Blickl. Homl. 177, 3
      • .

  • Fitte ymb fisca cynn,

    • Exon. Th. 360, 6
      • ;
    • Wal. 1
      • .

  • Hé gieddade ymb his ǽriste,

    • 236, 10
      • ;
    • Ph. 572
      • .

  • Ðá ðá hí umbe óþer þing gesprecon hæfdon umbe ðæt hí sprecan woldon,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • Erl. 208, 12
      • .

  • Se esne ðe ic hér ymb sprice,

    • Exon. Th. 430, 32
      • ;
    • Rä. 44, 17
      • :
    • Met. 10, 45
      • .

  • Ðe ic ðé recce ymb,

    • 17, 20
      • .

  • Ymb ðæt áscian,

    • Bt. 39, 4
      • ;
    • Fox 216, 29
      • .

  • Gif ðú gehýre ymb ðæt hálige treó fróde frignan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 881
      • ;
    • El. 442: 1065
      • ;
    • El. 534
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 712
      • ;
    • B. 353
      • .
marking the object of thought, feeling, etc.
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  • Giorne ymb láre,

    • Past. pref.
      • ;
    • Swt. 3, 10
      • .

  • Giémen ymb ða gehiérsuman,

    • 12
      • ;
    • Swt. 74, 14
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 267, 13
      • ;
    • Jul. 414
      • .

  • Hé ná ymb his líf cearaþ,

    • Beo. Th. 3077
      • ;
    • B. 1536
      • .

  • Ymb sáwle forht,

    • Exon. Th. 456, 10
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 64
      • .

  • Ymb ðæs geongan feorh onbryrded,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2236
      • ;
    • An. 1119
      • .

  • Ymb ða mé fyrwet bræc,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 493
      • ;
    • Sal. 247
      • .

  • Heó wundrade ymb ðæs weres snyttro,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1914
      • ;
    • El. 959
      • .

  • Ðæt seó forlǽtene cyrice ne hycgge ymb ða ðe on hire neáwiste lifgeaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 43, 1
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 473, 3
      • ;
    • Bo. 9
      • :
    • Menol. Fox 571
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 55
      • .

  • Ic þence ymbe míne synna

    cogitabo pro peccato meo,

    • Ps. Th. 37, 18
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 26, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 408
      • .

  • Ymb wundorwyrd willan gefylde,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2139
      • ;
    • El. 1071
      • .

  • Ic nát ymbe hwæt ðú tweóst,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 12
      • .
marking the object with which an action is concerned
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  • Is máre nédþearf ðæt wé winnon ymbe úre sáule þearfe,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 10
      • .

  • Ymb land sacan,

    • Menol. Fox 568
      • ;
    • Gn. C. 53
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5012
      • ;
    • B. 2509: 1019
      • ;
    • B. 507
      • .

  • Ðæt hé hié ymb ðæt ríce gesémde,

    • Ors. 3, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 114, 17
      • :
    • Salm. Kmbl. 505
      • ;
    • Sal. 253
      • .

  • Hí sendon ǽrendracan ymbe frið,

    • Ors. 3, 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 142, 2
      • .

  • Hig dydon ymbe hyne (in eo) swá hwæt swá hig woldon,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 17, 12
      • .

  • Ðú ymb ðínne esne dydest wel weorðlíce

    bonitatem fecisti cum servo tuo,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 65
      • .

  • Hwæt ymb hine gedón wǽre

    quid erga se actum esset,

    • Bd. 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 39
      • .

  • Hú hine mon ymbe gedón wolde

    quid erga eum agere rex promisisset,

    • 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 513, 20
      • .

  • Ðæt hé móste dón embe ða æþelingas swá hé wolde,

    • Lchdm. iii. 424, 27
      • .

  • Ymb his womdǽda Waldendes dóm,

    • Ps. C. 19
      • .

  • Hé wæs ymbe Godes þeówdóm ábisgod,

    • Blickl. Homl. 211, 31
      • .

  • Beón, wesan ymb

    to be about a business, be occupied with a matter or a person

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    Gif gé ymb woruldcunde dómas beón scylen

    secularia judicia si habueritis,

    • Past. 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 131, 6
      • .

  • Hwonne hé móste beón ymbe ðæs líchaman oferfylle,

    • Wulfst. 236, 11
      • .

  • Wit sculon git deóplícor ymbe ðæt beón,

    • Bt. 5, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 12, 12
      • .

  • Gif hwylc ðis dón nylle and læs ymbe beó ðonne wé gecweden habbaþ,

    • L. Ath. i. 26
      • ;
    • Th. i. 212, 28: iv. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 222, 2
      • .

  • Hé byð á ymbe ðæt án, hú hé on manna sáulum mǽst gesceaðian mæge,

    • L. C. E. 26
      • ;
    • Th. i. 374, 25
      • .

  • Hé sǽde ðæt Aldberht and Alhhún wǽron ǽr ymb ðæt ylce,

    • Chart. Th. 140, 14
      • .

  • Ðás feówero ymb woeson ( = woeron?) ðás bóc

    these four were engaged on this book,

    • Mk. Skt. p. i. 3
      • .

  • Hé cwæð ðæt hé ne mihte embe munuclíf smeágan, ac wolde beón embe his þincg,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 6, 120
      • .

  • Emban ða steóran beon,

    • L. Ath. v. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 240, 17
      • .

  • Settaþ ða tó démerum ðæt hié striénen and stihtien ymb ða eorðlícan ðing

    ut ipsi dispensationibus terrenis inserviant,

    • Past. 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 131, 8
      • .

  • Ðá gesomnodon wé ús ymb ðæt,

    • L. Alf. 49
      • ;
    • Th. i. 56, 19
      • .

  • Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe

    alicujus amoris gratia

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 18
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 208, 31
      • .

  • Hié sieredon ymbe ðone cyning,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 21
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 38, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 607
      • .

  • Mé seredon ymb secgas monige,

    • 296, 6
      • ;
    • Sat. 498
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 54, 18
      • .
marking the object in relation to which circumstances are stated
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  • Ic ðé cýðe hú hit wæs ymb ðæt lond æt Funtial,

    • Chart. Th. 169, 16
      • .

  • Sceolde unc yfele gewurðan ymb ðæt heofonríce,

    • Cd. Th. 25, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 388
      • .

  • Hú ymb ðæt sceolde,

    • Exon. Th. 378, 7
      • ;
    • Deór. 12
      • .

  • Sý ymb ríce swá hit mæge,

    • 301, 29
      • ;
    • Fä. 26
      • .

  • Hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd,

    • 223, 16
      • ;
    • Ph. 360
      • .

  • Ðæt wundor ymb ðone beorhtan beám,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2507
      • ;
    • El. 1255: 1324
      • ;
    • El. 664
      • .
with dative,
local
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  • Ða weorod ðe him ymb férdon and stódon,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 25
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 5188
      • ;
    • B. 2597
      • .

  • Ða hire midore ymbe þrǽgaþ,

    • Met. 28, 23
      • .

  • Geseó ic him his englas ymbe hweorfan,

    • Cd. Th. 42, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 669
      • .

  • Him ymb flugon engla þreátas,

    • 300, 21
      • ;
    • Sat. 568
      • .
temporal
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  • Embe geára ymbrynum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 104, 21
      • .

  • Ǽfre ymbe geáres ymbrynum,

    • Lchdm. iii. 238, 25
      • .
figurative
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  • Hé férde embe sumere neóde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 508, 15
      • .
without a case
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  • Æghwider ymb swá swá Édwines ríce wǽre

    quaquaversum imperium Aeduini pervenerat,

    • Bd. 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 519, 38
      • .

  • Ðonon eode gehwyder ymb

    circumquaque

    • 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 543, 26
      • .

  • Hié wǽron ymb eal útan mid eágum besett,

    • Past. 38
      • ;
    • Swt. 195, 19
      • .

  • Hring útan ymb bearh, ðæt heó ðone fyrdhom þurhfón ne mihte,

    • Beo. Th. 3011
      • ;
    • B. 1503
      • .

  • Hygeþ ymbe se ðe wile,

    • Met. 19, 1
      • .

  • Þencð ymb se ðe wile,

    • 20, 27
      • .

  • Déð ymbe moncynnes fruma, swá him gemet þinceþ,

    • 29, 41
      • .

  • Ðá cýdde man, ðet hí man eáðe befaran mihte, gif man ymbe beón wolde,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Erl. 141, 34
      • .

  • Hé cýðde hú hé ymbe wolde, gif hé hine gemétte

    he shewed what he would have been about, if he had found him,

    • Homl. Th. i. 82, 18
      • .
Etymology
[
A. R. Kath. Marh. umbe
:
O. E. Homl. Laym. umbe, embe
:
Orm. ummbe
:
Piers P. um
:
O. Sax. umbi
:
O. Frs. umbe
:
O. H. Ger. umpi
:
Icel. umb, um
.]
Linked entries
v.  emb emban ymbe ymb-gán ymb-gang ymb-hweorfan ymb-licgan ymb-útan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb.” 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/37098.

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  • ymb, prep.

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