ymbwæfan
, ymb + weve.
Searchable Lemmata: ymbwæfan (OE).
Alternate Forms: ymbwæfd, ymbwæfed. Unique.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(vb.)
Utilisation;
to wrap around or clothe. Found in past-participle-adjective form as a rendering of Latin circumamictus.(circa 1000 - ante 1100)
1. Ymbgyrd ł ymbwæfd mid missenlicum ł mid fagnyssum beoþ gebrohte mædenu æfter hyre hyre nextan beoþ geferode þe circumamicta uarietatibus adducentur regi uirgines post eam proximę eius afferentur tibi .
[DOE PsGlI (Lindelöf) (0674 (44.15))]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, prefix ymb 'around' (< Germanic *umbi-) + wæfan (see weve) 'cover'.
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