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ymb-þanc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ymb-þanc, es; m. n. : -þanca, an; m.
Thought about a matter, consideration, attention
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  • Embeþonc

    circumspectio

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 26.

  • Mid micelum embeþance

    magna animaduersione

    , Anglia xiii.
      373, 106.

  • Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille and beóð eallneg mid ðæm ymbeðoncan (-ðonce, Cott. MSS.) ábisgode and ofdrǽdde

    dum deprehendi metuunt, semper pavidis suspicionibus agitantur

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      Past. 35; Swt. 239, 7.

  • Ðæt hí ongieten mid wærlíce ymbeþonce

    ut cauta circumspectione considerent

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      58; Swt. 445, 5.

  • Ðætte hé ðone ymbeþonc ðæs wærscipes ne forlǽte

    ut circumspectionem prudentiae non amittant

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      35; Swt. 237, 17.

  • Hwæt sceolan ús, oþþe hwæt dóþ ús ðara worda ymb*-*þonc ? Tó morgenne wé beóþ gesémde

    of what use are considerations of the words, or what will they do for us? To-morrow we shall be at one on the matter,

      Blickl. Homl. 183, 12.
Etymology
[Clene wasshen of þe embe*-*þonke of fleshliche lustes a mollitie fluxae cogitationis purgata, O. E. Homl. ii. 87, 2.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ymb-þanc.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/37214.

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