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ymb-sníþan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
ymb-sníþan, p. -snáþ, pl. -snidon
To circumcise
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  • On restedæge gé ymbsníðaþ mann,

      Jn. Skt. 7, 22.
  • Abraham ymbsnáð his sunu,

      Gen. 17, 23.
  • Ðæt stǽnene sex, ðe ðæt cild ymbsnáð,

      Homl. Th. i. 98, 10.
  • Hié ǽghwelcum cnihtcilde ymbsnidon ðæt werlíce lim,

      Shrn. 47, 20.
  • Hé hine lǽt ymbsníðan mid scearpum flinte,

      Wulfst. 195, 9.
  • Ymsníþan (ymbsnýðan,

    v. l.

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 1, 59.
  • Ðæt ðæt cild emsnyden (ymb-,

    v. l.

    ) wǽre,
      2, 21.
  • Ymbsniden,

      Homl. Th. i. 90, 14, 18, 30.
  • Heora fæderas wǽron ymbsnidene,

      Jos. 5, 4.
Etymology
[Embsniþen mid ane ulintsexe, O. E. Homl. i. 81, 27.]
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