ymbgyrdan

Old English

Alternative forms

• embegirdan

Etymology

From ymb- +‎ gyrdan. See um-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ymbˈɡyr.dɑn/, [ymbˈɡyrˠ.dɑn]

Verb

ymbgyrdan

1. to gird about or around, surround, encompass; beset

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymbgyrdan (weak class 1)

infinitive	ymbgyrdan	ymbgyrdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ymbgyrde	ymbgyrde
second person singular	ymbgyrdest, ymbgyrst, ymbgyrtst	ymbgyrdest
third person singular	ymbgyrdeþ, ymbgyrt	ymbgyrde
plural	ymbgyrdaþ	ymbgyrdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ymbgyrde	ymbgyrde
plural	ymbgyrden	ymbgyrden
imperative
singular	ymbgyrd
plural	ymbgyrdaþ
participle	present	past
	ymbgyrdende	ymbgyrded

Descendants

• Middle English: *embgirden (early), *imbgirden (early), umbgirden

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ymbgyrdan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.