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ymb

(prep.)
Grammar
ymb, ymbe, umbe, embe, emban; prep.
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Sár eft gewód ymb ðæs beornes breóst, Andr. Kmbl. 2495; An. 1249. marking an object round which anything moves Faraþ ymbe ða burh circuite urbem, Jos. 6, 3, 12: Beo. Th. 6319; B. 3170. Hý him ymb hond flugon, Exon. Th. 146, 14; Gú. 709.

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, m: heó; f: hit; n.

He, she, it

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Him bám on breóstum in the breasts of them both, 10; Th. 12, 25; Gen. 190. Him eallum to them all, 156; Th. 194, 16; Exod. 261. Him twám hé wæs ætýwed duobus ex eis ostensus est, Mk. Skt. 16, 12.

Linked entries: heó hie hig hió

swá

(adv.)
Grammar
swá, swǽ, swé (swé is the form in Ps. Surt. ; see also Txts. 600, col. 1. The form also occurs in Blickl. Homl. 23, 7).
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Ða habbaþ beardas swá síde óð heora breóst, Nar. 38, 1.

Linked entries: se swǽ eall-swá

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tigen (v. of-teón)
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Hygewælmas (-os, MS.) teáh beorne on breóstum níð envy produced fierce passions in the breast of the man, Cd. Th. 60, 12; Gen. 980. Teón nú ða wæteru forð swimmende cynn . . . eáll fisccynn ðe ða wæteru tugon forð ( produxerunt ), Gen. 1, 20, 21.

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

Throughthroughforduringthroughbythroughbyby means ofby use ofthroughin consequence ofas the result ofby reason ofon account ofthroughfromthroughin virtue ofby right ofinbyin the character ofby way ofinwithwith a view tothroughbyin

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Hé wæs on breóstum wund þurh ða hringlocan, Byrht. Th. 136, 2; By. 145. Grammar þurh, where the preposition follows the governed word : -- Duru, ðe is wæs þurh hider onsended, Blickl.

weorþan

(v.)
Grammar
weorþan, (wurþan, wyrþan); p. wearþ, pl. wurdon; pp. worden.
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Ðé weorð on ðínum breóstum rúm, Cd. Th. 33, 13; Gen. 519. Gif ða cearwylmas cólran wurðaþ, Beo. Th. 570; B. 282. Ða deáde ne weorðaþ (v. l. wurðaþ) qui non gustabunt mortem, Lk. Skt. 9, 27. Ðá wearð hé druncen inebriatus est, Gen. 9, 21.

for

beforein front ofbeforesinceagoforfromthroughon account offorfromthroughinstead of in place ofin exchange forin return forin expiation ofin redemption foron behalf ofin support ofin respect toin relation toas regardsagainstfromin spite ofnotwithstandingin accordance withaccording toas representative offorto takein compensation foras punishment forfor the sake ofon behalf of for the benefit ofAs representative of

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Berað bord for breóstum, Jud. & pound; 92. before a person, or the eyes of a person, within sight or hearing of Þæt wíf geseah for Abrahame Ismael plegan, Gen. 2778. Him Abraham and-swarode for eorlum, 2137.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, ondependence upon an objectextension over a surfacenearnessin or at a place, or with a personrest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically inmarking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at on, at, in within, in the course of, in, during on, a-fromon, in, at by, with of, consisting of or inin respect to, in the matter of, inin, ofat (a distance), of (the weight of),with, inin accordance withofinmotion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, tomarking motion from without to the inside, into, among continuously, together, anon, at once expressing temporal relations,on, in, atinto (one's power, etc. )against in accordance withmarking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sightmarking pricein (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ðú gǽst on ðínum breóste, Gen. 3, 14. with verbs of taking, depriving, etc., from (cf. æt) Ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæra ǽhta ða ðe on ðé genumene wǽron, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 46 note: Bt. 7, 3; Fox 20, 29. Se ðe gold on óðrum reáfaþ, 13; Fox 38, 13.

Linked entries: an un-reordian