Ymb-haga

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ymb-haga

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ymb-haga
m. An enclosure where bees are kept :--Wrít ðysne circul on ánum mealanstáne (mealm- ?), and sleah ǽnne stacan onmiddan dam ymbhagan, and lege ðone stán onuppan ðám stacan (the words on the stone are : Contra apes ut salui sint. There are other charms connected with bees on pp. 384, 397), Lchdm. i. 395, 5. a swarm of bees. ymb-haga

Related words: ymbe

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