Old English · preposition
ymb
- Part of speech
- preposition
- IPA
- /ymb/
- Syllables
- ymb (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- umbe-um-surroundingaroundconcerning
Meaning
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around (surrounding or near)
An. DCCLXXVII Hēr Cynewulf ⁊ Offa ġefuhton ymb Benesingtūn ⁊ Offa ġenam þone tūn.
Year 777 In this year Cynewulf and Offa fought near Benson and Offa seized the town.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -
about (concerning)
Sċortlīċe iċ hæbbe nū ġesǣd ymb þā þrīe dǣlas ealles þises middanġeardes...
I have now spoken about all three of this world's continents in brief...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *umbi. Cognate with Old Saxon umbi (Dutch om), Old High German umbi (German um), Old Norse um (Swedish om). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin ambi-, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí), Old Irish imb, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian (abiy, “towards, against, upon”).
Descendants
um-, umbe-
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