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Nealles him on heápe hand-gesteallan, äðelinga bearn ymbe gestôdon hilde-cystum, ac hy on holt bugon,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp.: æfen -, gylp-spræc. sprecan, st. v., _to speak_: inf. ic sceal forð sprecan gen ymbe Grendel
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Þâ ymbe hlæw riodan hilde-deóre, äðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, woldon ceare cwîðan, kyning mænan, word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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III. spräc, 1169, 1699, 2511, 2725; word äfter spräc, 341; nô ymbe þâ fæhðe spräc, 2619; II. hwät þu worn fela ... ymb Brecan spræce
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Þā ymbe hlǣw riodan hilde-dēore, æðelinga bearn ealra twelfa, woldon ceare cwīðan, kyning mǣnan, word-gyd wrecan and ymb wer sprecan,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Nealles him on hēape hand-gesteallan, æðelinga bearn ymbe gestōdon hilde-cystum, ac hȳ on holt bugon,
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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-- Comp.: ǣfen -, gylp-sprǣc. sprecan, st. v., _to speak_: inf. ic sceal forð sprecan gēn ymbe Grendel
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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III. spræc, 1169, 1699, 2511, 2725; word æfter spræc, 341; nō ymbe þā fǣhðe spræc, 2619; II. hwæt þū worn fela ... ymb Brecan sprǣce
Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879
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Þa stod Drihtnes engel wiþ hig, and Godes beorhtnes him ymbe scean; and hi him mycelum ege adredon.
Making Light 2009
fbharjo commented on the word ymbe
early old english word for ember meaning "around"
July 23, 2007