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ymb-fón

  • verb [ strongcontracted ]
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ymb-fón, p. -féng.
to grasp, clasp
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  • Hé fótum ymbféhð fýres láfe,

      Exon. Th. 217, 6; Ph. 276.

  • Heó ymbféng Drihtnes fét,

      Blickl. Homl. 157, 17.

  • Ymbféng

    obuncat

    (moecham, quam manus tollentis obuncat,
      Ald. 164), Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 39.

  • Ymbeféng,

      Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691.
to encompass, surround, comprehend
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  • Ealle stówa hé gefylleþ and ymbféhþ. Blickl. Homl. 23, 20.

  • Seó séleste gesǽlþ ða óþra gesǽlþa ealle on innan him gegaderaþ, hí útan ymbféhð,

      Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 21.

  • Ðú meaht ymbfón eal folca gesetu,

      Exon. Th. 466, 2; Hö, 115.

  • Ymbfónde

    gyrens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 66.

  • Hit is on ǽlce healfe ymbfangen mid gársecge,

      Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 24, 17.

  • Ðínre gedréfednesse ðe ðú mid ymbfangen eart,

      Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 18.

  • Sunu Meotodes habbaþ ealle ymbfangen mid sange,

      Cd. Th. 273, 30; Sat. 144.

  • Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, Cd. Th. 297, 16; Sat. 518. II a. to comprehend, conceive :-- Embféhþ

    concipit, i. intelligit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 21.
to put something round an object,
surround, envelope
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  • Genim foxes gecynd, ymbfóh (ym-,

    v. l.

    ) ðæt heáfod útan,
      Lchdm. i. 340, 19.

  • Healfnacode on hiora líchaman búton ðæt hig wǽron mid riftum ymbfangene (

    but see

    ymb-hón),
      Shrn. 38, 7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-fón.” 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/37128.

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