m. A RING, circle, circuit, cycle, orb, globe, festoon :-- Ágymmed hrincg ungulus: geheáfdod hringce samothracius: lytel hring anelus, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 30, 31, 49; Wrt. Voc. 40, 59, 60; 41, 6. Hringc ansa, Wrt. Voc. 66, 34: 284, 7. Hring fibula, legula, sertum, Cot. 85, 186, 190, Lye. Án fýren hring globus ignis, Ors. 5, 10; Swt. 234, 3. Mon geseah ymbe ða sunnan swelce án gylden hring circulus ad speciem cælestis arcus orbem solis ambiit, 14; Swt. 248, 9. Ðæs seó hringc circulus [pupillæ], Ælfc. Gl. 70; Som. 70, 64; Wrt. Voc. 42, 72. Se hring ealles geáres totius anni circulus, Bd. 4, 18; S. 586, 40. Hring útan ymbbearh the ring [armour formed of rings] protected him without, Beo. Th. 3011; B. 1503: 4513; B. 2260. Sunnan hring beága beorhtast the rainbow [?], Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 11; Ph. 305, Ðone hálgan hringe beteldaþ flyhte on lyfte contrahit in cætum sese genus omne volantum, 60 b; Th. 221, 24; Ph. 339. Ðonne ðæt gecnáwaþ feónd ðætte fira gehwylc on his hringe biþ fæste geféged when the devil knows that any man is fast fixed in his ring [fetters, chain or circle over which his power extends?], 97 a; Th. 362, 22; Wal. 40. Gim sceal on hringe standan the gem must stand in the ring, Menol. Fox 594; Gn. C. 22. Syllaþ him hring on his hand date anulum in manum ejus, Lk. Skt. 15, 22. Seðe his geleáfan hring mé lét tó wedde. Homl. Swt. 7, 30. Dyde him of healse hring gyldenne doff'd from his neck a golden ring, Beo. Th. 5611; B. 2809. Gewyrc ánne hring ymb ðone slite make a ring round the incision, L. M. 1. 45; Lchdm. i. 112, 1. Ðú geáres hring mid gyfe bletsast benedices coronæ anni benignitatis tuæ, Ps. Th. 64, 12. Ǽr sunne twelf mónþa hringc útan ymbgán hæbbe, Guthl. 21; Gdwin. 96, 5. Ofer holmes hrincg over the ocean's circuit, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 5; Gen. 1393. Hrincg ðæs heán landes, 137; Th. 172, 34; Gen. 2854. Wíngearda hringa[s] corimbi, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 11; Wrt. Voc. 38, 60. Hrægl and hringas raiment and rings, Beo. Th. 2394; B. 1195. Hringa hyrde, 4482; B. 2245: 3018; B. 1507: 4680; B. 2345. Heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles the heart least niggardly in the giving of rings, Exon. 85 b; Th. 323, 4; Víd. 73. Hæft mid hringa gesponne bound with the linked chain, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 17; Gen. 762: 19; Th. 24, 14; Gen. 377. Hringum gehrodene adorned with rings, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 27; Jud. 37: Beo. Th. 2187; B. 1091. Hringum gyrded, Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 22; Rä. 87, 4. Hringan, 102 b; Th. 387, 8; Rä. 5, 2. Hé wolde ðæs beornes beágas gefecgan reáf and hringas, Byrht. Th. 136, 34; By. 161. Hringas dǽlan, Beo. Th. 3944; B. 1970: 6061; B. 3034. Ða nigontýnlícan hringas rihtra Eástrana and hét fordilgian ða gedwolan hringas feówer and hundeahtatig geara circuit Paschæ decennovenales oblitteratis erroneis octoginta et quatuor annorum circulis, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 26. [Icel. hringr a ring, ring of a coat of mail, circle; O. H. Ger. hring circulus, orbis, spira, sphæra, bulla, corona, sertum, torques, vinculum, laqueus: Ger. ring.] DER. bán-, bridels-, eág-, eáh-, eár-hring.