ymbsniþan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ymb- +‎ snīþan. See um-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ymbˈsniː.θɑn/, [ymbˈsniː.ðɑn]

Verb

ymbsnīþan

  1. to circumcise; cut around
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...
      On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...

Conjugation

Conjugation of ymbsnīþan (strong, class I)
infinitive ymbsnīþan ymbsnīþenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ymbsnīþe ymbsnāþ
second person singular ymbsnīst ymbsnide
third person singular ymbsnīþþ, ymbsnīþ ymbsnāþ
plural ymbsnīþaþ ymbsnidon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ymbsnīþe ymbsnide
plural ymbsnīþen ymbsniden
imperative
singular ymbsnīþ
plural ymbsnīþaþ
participle present past
ymbsnīþende ymbsniden

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: embsnīþen (early), umbsnithen
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