Ymbe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ymbe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (imbe), es; Related words: ymb-haga. ymbe

Definitions

1 ymbe

m. (?) A swarm of bees :-- Wið ymbe . . . forweorp ofer greót þonne hí swirman, and cweð: 'Sitte gé sigewíf . . . ,' Lchdm. i. 384, 18. ¶ Imbæs dæl occurs Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 176, 20. [O. H. Ger. impi bíanó examen apium: M. H. Ger. imbe; m.: Ger. imme; f.]

Runic Inscription

ᚣᛗᛒᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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