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ymb-cirran

  • verb [ weak ]
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ymb-cirran, p. de
To turn about,
to revolve round
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  • Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ,

      MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.
  • Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred,

      28, 26.
to turn one's self round
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  • Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling

    conuersa est retrorsum,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 20, 14.
to turn away, avert
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  • Onsión mín ne ymbcerdig (

    averti

    ) from gispittendum on mec,
      Rtl. 19, 15.
to turn over, move, stir, overturn
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  • Hé ða discas ymbcerde

    mensas subvertit,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 2, 15.
  • Engel ymbcerde (mouebat) ðæt wæter,

      5, 4.
  • Mið fynger hiora nallas ða ymbcerræ (styrgan, Rush.)

    digito suo nolunt ea movere,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 4.
to change
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  • Ymbcerred

    mutata,

      Mt. Kmbl. p. 1, 2.
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  • ymb-cirran, v.