Ymb-licgan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ymb-licgan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ymb-licgan
- p. -læg. I. to lie round, surround, encompass :-- Ealne ðisne ymbhwyrft ðises middangeardes, swá swá Oceanus útan ymbligeþ orbem totius terrae, Oceani limbo circumseptum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt 8, 2. Seó líne ðe wile xxxiii síða ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Salm. Kmbl. 152, 6. II. to lie about, along. I. 1 d :-- Se cyng ðæt land on ða sǽhealfe mid scipum ymbelæg, Chr. 1072 ; Erl 211, 2. [To umbelyȝe Lotheȝ hous, Allit. Pms. 63, 836. ] ymb-licgan