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Old English · preposition

ymbe

Part of speech
preposition
IPA
/ˈym.be/
Syllables
ˈym · be (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. around, about

    And Iohannes wæs ġescryd mid oluendes hǣrum, and fellen gyrdel wæs ymbe his lendenu; and gærstapan, and wudu huniġ hē æt.

    John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

    Anglo-Saxon Version of The Holy Gospels

  2. near, along

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around, near”), akin to Old High German umbi (“around”), Latin ambi (“both, around”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides, around”), Old Irish imb, Old English bī (“near, by”). More at by.

Descendants

um-, umbe-

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