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ymb-faran

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-faran, p. -fór

To surround

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To surround Hé hét ðæt fæste lond útan ymbfaran, ðæt him mon sceolde an má healfa on feohtan þonne on án, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 80, 26

ymb-hringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hringan, p. de.

to ring round, surround, encompass ⬩ to turn round in a ring, wind round

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Míne fýnd mé ymbhringdon útan on ǽlce healfe, 16, 9. Emhrinced circumseptus, Hpt. Gl. 406, 47. Embþrungen vel (emb)hringed constipata, circumdata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 62. Hé wæs ymbhringed mid his feóndum vallatus exercitu, Bd. 3, 18; S. 546, 30.

Linked entries: hringan hringian

ymb-hweorfan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-hweorfan, p. -hwearf.

to go round, revolve round ⬩ to go about, in the neighbourhood of ⬩ to go about, over, through ⬩ to go about a business, be occupied with, attend to, cultivate ⬩ to turn round

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to go round, revolve round Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 16. Ymbhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137. Ymbhwerfeþ, 28, 4.

Linked entry: ymb-hwyrft

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde

To surround ⬩ circumdare

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Hí mé útan ymbsealdan, Ps. Th. 87, 17. Úton ymbsele circumda, Kent. Gl. 157. Ymbselle circumdet, Rtl. 34, 7. Ymbsyllendum mé circumdantibus me, Ps. Spl. 31, 9. Seó fǽmne wæs ymbseald mid ðon campweorode, Blickl. Homl. 11, 24.

ymb-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to go round ⬩ a circular course ⬩ to go about, in the neighbourhood of ⬩ to go about, through

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to go round a circular course Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 6. an object Hí útan ymbgáð ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 16. to go about, in the neighbourhood of.

Linked entries: embe-gán ymb-gangan

ymb-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-standan, p. -stód; pp. -standen.

to stand about or around ⬩ to surround

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Hý habbaþ mé útan ymbstanden circumdederunt me, 16, 10. Hí bióþ úton ymbstandene (printed -standende, but see útan ymbestandne, Met. 25, 7) mid miclon geférscipe hiora þegna septos tristibus armis, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 4

ymb-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-þringan, p. -þrang; pp. -þrungen

To throng round, crowd round, surround

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Ic mé ná ondrǽde þúsendu folces, þeáh hí mé útan ymbþringen non timebo millia populi circumdantis me, Ps. Th. 3, 5. Embþrungen constipata, circumdata Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 62

ýst

(n.)
Grammar
ýst, e; f.: ýste, es; m. (?)

a storm, tempest, whirlwind ⬩ rough water, surge

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Æfter ðám ýþum úra geswinca ýsta gehwilcre, 21, 15. Ýsta procellarum, Blickl. Gl.: Ps. Spl. C. T. 10, 7. Swá ðæt twig, ðæt bið ácorfen of ðam treówe and áworpen on micclum ýstum, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 192, 207.

yppe

(n.)
Grammar
yppe, an; f.

A raised place ⬩ a look-out place ⬩ a stage, platform ⬩ a dais, the raised floor in a hall. ⬩ the upper part of a house, an upper chamber

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Gl. uppae) in aestivo caenaculo, ubi per aestatem frigus captant, Txts. 70, 553. Hié ealle on yppan wunedon (cf. in coenaculum ascenderunt ubi manebant, Acts 1, 13), Blickl. Homl. 133, 26

á-cunnian

(v.)

to put to the proof, try, test ⬩ to experience, ascertain by trial ⬩ to prove

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Gif úre crístendóm ne bið ácunnod, 4, 248. Be his regolum ácunnod tried by its rules, Lch. iii. 250, 7. to experience, ascertain by trial Ǽlce dæge wé ácunniað, ðæt ðǽre sóþfæstnysse word beóþ gefyllede, Gr. D. 51, 24.

Linked entry: accutian

rǽpan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽpan, p. te

To bind (with a rope), make captive

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To bind (with a rope), make captive Hí férdon ǽghwiðer and úre earme folc rǽpton (rýpton, MS. C.) and slógan (cf. rǽpling), Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 6. Cyspan and mid racentan rǽpen, Met. 26, 78

Linked entry: ge-rǽpan

á-settan

(v.)

to set ⬩ put ⬩ move an object to a place ⬩ To move one's self ⬩ transport one's self:-- ⬩ to set ⬩ place ⬩ build ⬩ to put in ⬩ out ⬩ of an office ⬩ to lay, impose punishment, ⬩ to set ⬩ propose a riddle, ⬩ to oppress

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To move one's self, transport one's self:-- Hý upp ásetton on ǽnne síþ ꝥ hý cóman tó Æþelingadene, Chr. 1001; P. 132, 3. Hié ásettan him (hí,v. l.) on ánne síþ ofer mid horsum mid ealle, 893; P. 84, 3.

á-spendan

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Áspendan úre spéda on þearfum, Hml. S. 3, 51. Eal ðeós niht sceal beón áspend on ðé mid pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 428, 29

á-spyrgend

(n.)
Grammar
á-spyrgend, á-spyrigend, es; m.

An investigator

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An investigator Úra breósta áspyrgend (investigator), Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 1

Linked entry: spyrigend

á-wlǽtan

To make loathsome ⬩ disfigure ⬩ pollute

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Ðás gyltas ne magon úre sáwle ofsleán, ac hí magon hí áwlǽtan, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 29. Áwlǽttre pollutae, oblitae, Germ. 397, 466

bǽl-blys

(n.)
Grammar
bǽl-blys, l. e -blyse(?); m. u -blysu (?); f. (the word occurs only in the acc.:-- In bǽlblyse gesyllan, scúfan)

Similar entry: blysian

bearhtm-hwíl

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.), þá heó ꝥ heáfod upp áhóf and se regn ofdúne feóll quatenus unum idemque esset momentum, et levare caput et pluviam deponere, Gr. D. 168, 6.

beám

a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light

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Dúnstán ána ætstód uppon ánum beáme (in uno de laquearibus), Chr. 978; P. 123, 3. Se leóma wæs swilce ormǽte beám, 1106; P. 240, 21. Heora earmas wǽron swá ormǽte beámas, Hml. S. 4, 288. Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl.

be-gang

exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice

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Tó úra goda bigange (begangum, v.l.) culturae deorum nostrorum, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 22. Þæt hí heora eald begang (culturam) forléton and þæt níwe beeódon, 5, 10; Sch. 602, 9

be-gangan

to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use

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Ne hé gálnysse næs begangende, Guth. 12, 16. to exercise, use Wið ðá wiðerweardan ne ondrǽde hé ðæt hé begonge his ryhtwísnesse erga perversos jura rectitudinis exercere non formidet, Past. 107, 17