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ymb-clyppan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
ymb-clyppan, p. te
To embrace, clasp,
of persons
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  • Ic ymbclyppe ðé complector te, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 4:

    amplector,

      36; Zup. 214, 5.
  • Ic ymbclyp[p]e

    obunco,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 31.
  • Ymbclypte

    obuncabat

    (Timotheum ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat,
      Ald. 40), ii. 81, 12: 64, 28.
of things
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  • Ǽghwilc óþer útan ymbclyppeþ. Met. 11. 35.
  • Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppaþ,

      9, 40.
  • Swá ymbclyppaþ cealda brymmas,

      Chr. 1065; Erl. 197, 31.
  • Fingras þrý útan eáþe ealle mægon mec ymbclyppan,

      Exon. Th. 425, 9; Rä. 41, 53.
  • Rápas synfulra ymbclyppende syndon (

    circumplexi sunt

    ) mé,
      Ps. Lamb. Surt. 118, 61.
Etymology
[Stringes of sinful umclipped me, Ps. 118, 61. Þe cercle þat umbeclypped his croun, Gaw. 616.]
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