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ymb-gyrdan

Grammar
ymb-gyrdan, <b>. I</b> I.
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Beóð ymbgyrde stranglíce tó þysum stíðan gewinne, Hml. S. 25, 341. Add

ymb-lǽrgian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-lǽrgian, ymb-lǽrigian.
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Sýn ymblǽrgide ambiuntur, An. Ox. 8, 377. Add

Linked entry: lǽrig

ymb-licgan

Grammar
ymb-licgan, <b>. II.</b>
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Wæter wǽt and ceald wangas ymbelicgað, eorðe ælgréno, Met. 20, 77. Add

ymb-ryne

Grammar
ymb-ryne, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hit gewissað ús þurh wísne láreówdóm tó geárlicum tídum and tunglena ymbrynum, Hml. S. 5, 270. Add Týn embrynas quinquennia decem, Germ. 388, l

ymb-settan

Grammar
ymb-settan, <b>. I.</b>
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Emset glomeratus (Lucifer sodalibus vallatus et satellitibus glomeratus, Aid. to, 34), An. Ox. 683. Add

ymb-sewen

(adj.)
Grammar
ymb-sewen, adj. (ptcpl.).
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Circumspect Hé symble wæs ymbsewen on his sylfes heordnysse in sua semper custodia circumspectus Gr. D. 107, ll

Linked entry: ymb-seón

ymb-sittan

Grammar
ymb-sittan, <b>. II a.</b>
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Se cásere embsæt þá burh útan mid herige. Bl. H. 79, 14. Add

ymb-swápan

Grammar
ymb-swápan, <b>. II.</b>
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Hié úme Dryhten Críst ymbsweópon mid reáde hragle, Nap. 71, 27. Add

ymb-swífan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-swífan, p. -swáf; pl. -swifon; pp. -swifen
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To revolve round Þeáh þe wé þonne gýt þá sunnan sylfe geseón ne magon, for ðan seó sunne hafað þonne mid þý heofone þás eorían útan ymbswifen and ymbcerred, Nap. 88

Linked entry: ymb-cirran

ymb-þreodian

(v.)
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Se deófol ús symble ymbeþrydað, Nap. 71. Add

ymb-þringan

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Þá mycclan þreátas þe him mid férdon and embþrungon, Bl. H. 99, 36. Add

ymb-trymian

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-trymian, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hý ymbtrymbdon mé, Ps. Spl. 21, ii. Folces ymbtrymmendes mé populi circumdantis me, Ps. L. 3, 7. Heó wæs mid hálgum mægnum ymbtrymed and mid engla þreáturn, Hml. Th. i. 444, 6. Add Ne sceal hé his ágene weorc mid deádum fellum ymbtrymman, Hml.

ymb-writen

Similar entry: un-ymbwriten

ymb-lǽr(i)gian

(v.)
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)

ymb-smeá(g)ung

Similar entry: embe-smeágung

ymbe-

(prefix)

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ymbe

(n.)
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a swarm of bees

ymbe

(n.)
Grammar
ymbe, (imbe), es; m. (?)
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A swarm of bees Wið ymbe . . . forweorp ofer greót þonne hí swirman, and cweð: 'Sitte gé sigewíf . . .' Lchdm. i. 384, 18. ¶ Imbæs dæl occurs Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 20

ymbe

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about

ymel

(n.)
Grammar
ymel, (emel, q. v.), e; f.
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A canker-worm Ymel gurgulio ( = curculio), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 35, 7

Linked entry: emel

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