Old English · noun
ymbgang
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈymbˌɡɑnɡ/[ˈymbˌɡɑŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈymb · ˌɡɑnɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- circumnavigationumgangorbitcircumference
Meaning
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circumnavigation, orbit
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circuit (path around a space)
c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA8De Anno (On the Year)]
Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.
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circumference
Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fidersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz. Equivalent to ymb- + gang.
Descendants
umgang
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