Ymb-gán

p. -eode; pp. -gan. I. to go round (1) a circular course :-- Ǽr sunne twelf mónða hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe. Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 6. (2) an object :-- Hí útan ymbgáð ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl. C. 58, 16. II. to go about, in the neighbourhood of. I. 1 b :-- Ic ymbgaa weófod ðínre circumdabo altare tuum, Ps. Spl. C. 25, 6. Ic ymbgá and ic offrige onsægednessa circumivi et immolavi hostiam, Ps. Spl. 26, 11. III. to go about, through. I. 1 e :-- Swá hundas ymbgáð hwommas ceastre, Ps. Th. 58, 6, 14. Ymbeode ides Helminga duguðe and geógoþe, dǽl ǽghwylcne, Beo. Th. 1244; B. 620. Ymbeade Hǽlend alle Galiléa circumibat Jesus totam Galilaeam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 23. Ðá ongan heó ymbgán ða hús ðæs mynstres coepit circuire in monasterio casulas, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 32. [I umyhode, Ps. 26, 6. Umga, 58, 7. Þe laddes unbiyeden him, Havel. 1842. O. H. Ger. umbi-gán.] ymb-gan