Ymb-gangan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ymb-gangan

p. -géng. I. to go round :-- Hí ymbgangaþ ceaster circuibunt civitatem, Ps. Spl. T. 58, 16. II. to go about, in the neighbourhood of :-- Ic ymbgonge weófod circumdabo altare, Ps. Spl. T. 25, 6: Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 139, 13. Hine ymbegangaþ gástas twégen, Salm. Kmbl. 973; Sal. 487. III. to go about, over, through :-- Gé ymbgangaþ sǽ and eorðu circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 14. [Other have hem umbiȝonge (circumdederunt), Pall. 119, 437. O. H. Ger. umbi-gangan.]

Related words: ymb-gán. ymb-gangan