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ymb-standan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.
to stand about or around
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  • Ðis folc ðæt hér ymbstandeþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 143, 7
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    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 42
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  • Eall seó gesomnung bróþra and sweostra on twá halfe singende ymbstódon

    circumstaret

    • Bd. 4, 19
    • ;
    • S. 589, 9
    • .
pres. part. used substantively :--
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  • Hé sceal grétan his ymbstandendan, and hig him sceolon andswarian,

    • L. E. I. 7
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    • Th. ii. 406, 23
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to surround
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  • Mé ymbstódan strange manige

    circumdantes circumdederunt me,

    • Ps. Th. 117, 11
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  • Hý habbaþ mé útan ymbstanden

    circumdederunt me,

    • 16, 10
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  • Hí bióþ úton ymbstandene (printed -standende, but see útan ymbestandne, Met. 25, 7) mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna

    septos tristibus armis,

    • Bt. 37, 1
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    • Fox 186, 4
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Etymology
[
He saw how þe laddes wode Hauelok his louerd umbistode, Hav. 1875.
O. H. Ger. umbi-standan circumstare, circumdare
.]
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