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Wright's OE grammar
§112; §234; §292; §559; §594; §645;
Add::, emban.
with acc.
temporal.
at,
alone. v. Dict.
2 a.
with útean
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  • Ymb midde niht útan

    nocte media

    ,
      Gr. D. 253, 17 : 257, 23 : 272, 14.
after
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  • Ymb twá niht (æfter twám dagum,

    v. l.) post biduum

    ,
      Gr. D. 158, 5.

  • Ymbe .v. winter

    post .v. annos

    ,
      Ll. Th. ii. 152, 6. (bα)
    where the point from which time is measured is in the genitive. Cf. Dict.
2 b 1.
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  • Ymb fíftig wintra and hundteóntig Angelcynnes hidercymes on Breotone

    aduentus Anglorum in Brittaniam anno circiter

      CL., Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 48, 6.
in figurative senses.
cf. Dict.
3 a.
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  • Embe hand, hrædlíce

    iam iam, cito

    ,
      Germ. 388, 73.
cf. Dict.
3 b.
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  • Nú wylle ic bysne ætíwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon,

      Angl. viii. 304, 24.
cf. Dict.
3 d.
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  • Nú wé sculon fón ymb þæt Punica gewin,

      Ors. 4, 4; S. 164, 8.

  • Þá þíng þe wé fæste ymbe wǽron,

      Angl. viii. 304, 24.

  • Swincð se yrðlincg embe úrne bigleofan,

      Hml. S. 25, 819.

  • Wást þú hú ic gewand ymbe Creósos þearfe?,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 10.
with dat.
temporal.
at. Cf. Dict.
2 a.
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  • Swá swá seó sunne déð ymbe þǽre ðriddan tíde,

      Hml. Th. ii. 76, 16.
after. Cf. Dict.
2 b.
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  • Ymbe þreóra tída fæce,

      Hml. Th. ii. 162, 27.
in figurative senses.
cf. Dict.
3 b.
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  • Ðá hálgan láreówas hwílon sprecað be ðám Fæder and his Sunu, hwílon embe ðǽre Hálgan Ðrynnysse,

      Hml. Th. ii. 56, 27.

  • Hé hí gewissode ymbe ðæs mynstres gebytlungum,

      172, 16 : 262, 21.
  • ¶ where both dat. and acc. occur :-- Þises godspelles traht sprecð ymbe ðás wæterfatu and heora getácnungum, 70, 13.
cf. Dict.
3 c.
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  • Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum,

      Hml. Th. ii. 344, 2.

  • Þá þe ymbe óðra manna bigleofan hogiað,

      444, 1.
cf. Dict.
3 d.
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  • Heó wæs bysig ymbe ánum ðinge,

      Hml. Th. ii. 440, 33.

  • Hé férde swá swá his gewuna wæs ymbe geleáffulre bodunge (

    for the purpose of preaching the faith

    .
      Cf.
    Quadam die cum praedicaturus juxta consuetudinem suam populis de monasterio exiret, Vit. Cuth. 12), 138, 29.
adverbial
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  • Hé swá hwider ymb swá hé beden wæs férde

    ubicumque rogabatur diuertens

    ,
      Bd. 4, 12; Sch. 412, 1.
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v. þǽr-ymbe.
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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/60947.

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