ymbhwyrft

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ymhwyrft, ymbehwyrft === Etymology === From ymb- +‎ hwyrft. === Noun === ymbhwyrft m globe late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans turn, regular course c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sundayin September, when Job is read" a circular course, circuit, orbit surrounding space, extent a bend or turn === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ymb-hwyrft”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.