Ymb-hweorfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ymb-hweorfan

p. -hwearf. I. to go round, revolve round :--Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 16. Ymbhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137. Ymbhwerfeþ, 28, 4. Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS. ) ðone norðende, 28, 13. II. to go about, in the neighbourhood of. I. 1 b :--Ic ymbehwyrfe weófod ðín circumdabo altare tuum, Ps. Lamb. 25, 6. III. to go about, over, through, v. ymb, I. 1 e :--Ic ymbhweorfe ðín ðæt hálige tempel. Ps. Th. 26, 7. Ymbhwurfaþ woegas circuits vias, Rtl. 36, 5. Gé ymbhurfon sǽ and drýgi circuitis mare et aridam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 15. IV. fig. to go about a business, be occupied with, attend to, cultivate, v. ymb, I. 3 d ; ymb-hwyrft, VII :--Hé underféng ða hálgan gesomnunga tó plantianne and tó ymbhweorfanne, suá se ceorl déð his ortgeard, Past. 40 ; Swt. 293, 3. V. causative, to turn round :--Ðú ðe on hrædum færelde ðone heofon ymbhweorfest qwi rapido coelum turbine versas, Bt. 4 ; Fox 6, 31. Ymbhwearfest, Met. 4, 4. Ic eom ealne ðone heofon ymbhweorfende rotam volubili orbe versamus, Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 35. ymb-hweorfan

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