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ymb-hweorfan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.
Wright's OE grammar
§14;
to go round, revolve round
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  • Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard,

      Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 16.

  • Ymbhwyrfeþ,

      Met. 20, 137.

  • Ymbhwerfeþ,

      28, 4.

  • Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ,

      MS. ) ðone norðende, 28, 13.
to go about, in the neighbourhood of. v. ymb,
1 b
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  • Ic ymbehwyrfe weófod ðín

    circumdabo altare tuum,

      Ps. Lamb. 25, 6.
to go about, over, through, v. ymb,
1 e
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  • Ic ymbhweorfe ðín ðæt hálige tempel. Ps. Th. 26, 7.

  • Ymbhwurfaþ woegas

    circuite vias

    ,
      Rtl. 36, 5.

  • Gé ymbhurfon sǽ and drýgi

    circuitis mare et aridam,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 15.
fig. to go about a business, be occupied with, attend to, cultivate, v.
ymb,
3 d ; ymb-hwyrft,
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  • Hé underféng ða hálgan gesomnunga tó plantianne and tó ymbhweorfanne, suá se ceorl déð his ortgeard,

      Past. 40 ; Swt. 293, 3.
causative,
to turn round
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  • Ðú ðe on hrædum færelde ðone heofon ymbhweorfest

    qui rapido coelum turbine versas,

      Bt. 4 ; Fox 6, 31.

  • Ymbhwearfest,

      Met. 4, 4.

  • Ic eom ealne ðone heofon ymbhweorfende

    rotam volubili orbe versamus,

      Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 35.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-hweorfan.” 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/37158.

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