ymb-cirran
To turn about ⬩ to revolve round ⬩ to turn one's self round ⬩ to turn away, avert ⬩ to turn over, move, stir, overturn ⬩ to change
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To turn about to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.
Linked entry: ymb-cirr
ymb-ærnan
To go round
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To go round Ða gelamp ðætte Peahte ðeód com of Scyþþia lande and ymbærndon éall Breotone gemǽro, ðæt hí cómon on Scotland upp contigit gentem Pictorum de Scythia, circumagente flatu ventorum, extra fines omnes Brittaniae Hiberniam pervenisse, Bd. 1,
ymb-hípan
To crowd about, surround in crowds, assail
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Mid wǽpnum and mid feóndum eall útan ymbhéped cum armis et hostibus circumseptus, 3, 12; S. 537, 28 note. Embhéped faltum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 75
Linked entry: ymb-heápian
ymb-hygd
Care, anxiety
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Care, anxiety Wiste úre se heofonlíca Fæder his ða leófan bearn on myclum ymbhygdum wæron æfter him; ðá wolde hé se Hǽlend hié áfréfran, Blickl. Homl. 131, 28
ymb-licgan
to lie round, surround, encompass ⬩ to lie about, along
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to lie round, surround, encompass Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 2.
ymb-líþan
to circumnavigate
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to circumnavigate Ymblíþendre Breotone útan circumnavigata Brittania, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 17
ymb-gyrdan
to gird about ⬩ to put a girdle round ⬩ to serve as a girdle ⬩ to surround, encompass, enclose
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Mid ðyssum gemǽrum hi synd útan ymbgyrde, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 396, 3
Linked entry: embe-gyrdan
ymb-habban
to surround, encompass ⬩ to include, contain
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Seó séleste gesǽlþ ðe ða óþra gesǽlþa ealle oninnan him gegaderaþ and hí útan ymbhæfþ, Bt. 24, 1; Fox 80, 21
ymb-smeá(g)ung
Similar entry: embe-smeágung
ymb-týnan
To enclose, surround
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To enclose, surround Ðeáh man ðone gársecg mid ísene útan ymbtýnde, Wulfst. 146, 27
Linked entry: týnan
ymb-útan
about, around, without ⬩ about, concerning ⬩ alone
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about, around, without. prep. local, with dat. Ðam nis nán wuht bufan, ne nán wuht benyþan, ne ymbútan, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 19. Hú wídgil sint wolcnum ymbútan heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 6. with accus. Geseah se Hǽlend mycle menigeo ymbútan hyne circum
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á-beran
to bear off, bring, carry ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ to bear a child ⬩ to bring to light ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to bear, endure, not to give way under trial, suffering, &c. ⬩ to bear, be under an obligation for an imposition, &c.
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Mid ðý wé úre scyp fram ðám ýþum upp ábǽron exportaremus Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 11.
rǽswa
a counsellor ⬩ one who takes thought (for the public good), ⬩ a prince, king ⬩ a leading man, chief person, leader
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'the king spake unto his counsellors ... They answered and said unto the king,' Dan. 3, 14), wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 11; Dan. 417. one who takes thought (for the public good), a prince, king Se rǽswa ( Nebuchadnezzar ), 256, 14; Dan. 640.
stíþlíce
Hardly, severely ⬩ violenter ⬩ rigide ⬩ firmly, without giving way ⬩ strongly, effectually ⬩ sternly, hardly, severely ⬩ strictly
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Hé stíðlíce þrowode for úre ealra neóde, Wulfst. 126, 10. Hý fuhton stíðlíce ymbe ða hálgan sáwle, 236, 23. Hé hit sceal swíðe stíðlíce gebétan, L. E. I. 14; Th. ii. 412, 2. Hé wæs gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 2.
stóc
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(With these two passages may be compared the following) (Apud locum ubi uulgari dicitur nomine æt Stówe,) (323, 32.)
Linked entries: stóc-líf stóc-weard stóc-wíc
stópel
A foot-step, mark left by the foot
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Forlét úre Drihten his ða hálgan fét ðǽr on ða eorþan besincan . . . and swá núget on ðære eorþan ða stóplas onáþrycte syndon, Blickl. Homl. 127, 14-26
stoppa
A stop, a bucket, pail
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Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words; the latter being still in use.
Linked entries: stappa buter-stoppa
strand
A strand, shore
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Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9
streáwian
To straw, strew
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Wé streówiaþ (strewiaþ) axan uppan úre heáfda, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 38. Streáwiaþ evernenent (sternerent ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 30. Mid ðǽm hé strewede ðone weg, Past. 16; Swt. 103, 13. Sume of ðám treówum heówon and streówodon (streówedon, MS.
á-slídan
to slip ⬩ fall ⬩ to fall ⬩ be removed to an unfavourable place ⬩ to fall into sin ⬩ lapse ⬩ relapse ⬩ to fall ⬩ be hurt ⬩ destroyed
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Gastas hwílum on heánnesse upp worpene, hwílum eft áslidene on grund, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25. to fall, be removed to an unfavourable place:-- Ne lǽt mé áslídon on þá firenfullan eardungstówe, Angl. xii. 503, 5. figurative, to fall into sin, lapse, relapse