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ymb-sirwan

  • verb [ weak ]
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ymb-sirwan, p. -sirwde, -sirede.
to deliberate about an evil deed
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  • Swá micel tósceád is betwuh ðære beðóhtan synne, ðe mon longe ymbsireþ, and ðære ðe mon fæacute;rlíce ðurhtiéhð, swá ðætte se se ðe ða synne gesireþ, ǽgðer ge gesyngaþ ge eác hwílum on ormódnesse gewít. . . For ðæm sint tó manianne ða ðe lange ymbsieriaþ ðæt hí ongieten hú micel wíte hí sculun habban beforan ðǽm óðrum

    hoc ergo praecipitatione lapsis per consilium pereuntes differunt, quod, cum hi a statu justitiae peccando concidunt, plerumque simul et in laqueum desperationis cadunt . . . Admonendi ergo sunt, ut hinc colligant, qui in culpa etiam se per consilium ligant,

      Past. 56; Swt. 435, 4-31.
to lie in wait for
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  • Se ðe hine ne ymbsyrede (-syrwde, ymbesierede,

    v. ll.) qui non est insidiatus

    (Ex.
      21, 13), L. Alf. 13; Th. i. 46, 24.
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