† eˈmong, prep. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 4 emang, 5 emaunge, -onge, -unge, 5–7 emong.
[variant of among, imong.]
= among.
A. prep.
| 1375–1592 [see among 1 β]. a 1400–50 Alexander 4817 And gods glorious gleme glent þam emaunge. c 1420 Avow. Arthur xlvi Emunge the grete and the smalle. 1470–85 Malory Arthur Prol. (1817) 1 Moost to be remembred emonge vs englysshe men. 1571 Digges Pantom. i. B ij b, Emong Right lined figures, suche as haue onely three sides are Triangles. |
B. adv.
| 1440–70 [see among]. 1548 Forrest Pleas. Poesye 432 That whearesoeure they shall come emonge, No fawte theare bee..fownde. |