Ymb-swápan
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ymb-swápan
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- ymb-swápan
- p. -sweóp; pp. -swápen. I. to sweep about (of the motion of waves) :-- Ða ýþa weóllan and ymbsweópan and ǽghwonene ðæt scyp fyldon verrentibus undique et implere incipientibus navem fluctibus, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 541, 42. II. to wrap round: -- Ymbswápen circumamicta, Ps. Surt. Spl. C. 44, 10, 15. Emswápen circumamicta, circumdata, Hpt. Gl. 430, 45. [M. H. Ger. umbe-swief; p.] ymb-swapan