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ymb-licgan

  • verb [ strong ]
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ymb-licgan, p. -læg.
to lie round, surround, encompass
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  • Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ

    orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum,

      Ors. 1, 1; Swt 8, 2.
  • Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan,

      Salm. Kmbl. 152, 6.
to lie about, along. v. ymb,
1 d
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  • Se cyng ðæt land on ða sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg,

      Chr. 1072 ; Erl 211, 2.
Etymology
[To umbelyȝe Lotheȝ hous, Allit. Pms. 63, 836. ]
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