† umbego, v. Obs.
Also 4 vnbigo, 5 vmbego, vmbigo, vmbygo.
[f. umbe- + go v. Cf. MDu. ommebegaen, and umgo v.]
trans. To go around, to encircle; to surround with something.
| c 1300 Havelok 1842 Þe laddes were kaske and teyte, And vn-bi-yeden him ilkon, Sum smot with tre, and sum wit ston. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 210 Her lere leke al hyr vmbe-gon. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9468 Rofe and wal and euery a gable,..Courbel, beme, and euery a ston, With riche gold was vmbygon. 1430–40 in MS. Bodl. 423 fol. 186 b, A weddynge cote,..the whiche shuld be a maydens cote, vmbigoon with diuersitees of vertues. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 197 In herbis letuce vmbigoon wol growe. |