ymb-cirran
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ymb-cirran
. v.
ymb-swífan.
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Cite the scanned version of the original dicionary like this:- Toller, T. Northcote, and Joseph Bosworth. "ymb-cirran." An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary: Based on the Manuscript Collections of the Late Joseph Bosworth : Supplement. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1921. 752.
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ymb-cirran
; p. de To turn about, (1) to revolve round :-- 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. (2) to turn one's self round :-- Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa est retrorsum, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 20, 14. (3) to turn away, avert :-- Onsión mín ne ymbcerdig (averti) from gispittendum on mec, Rtl. 19, 15. (4) to turn over, move, stir, overturn :-- Hé ða discas ymbcerde mensas subvertit, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush.
