▪ I. † ymong, n. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemang, f. ᵹe- y- 3 a + root mang- to mix, found in meng v. Cf. next.]
Mixture (OE. only); company, assembly.
| a 1000 Judith 193 Berað..Scire helmas in sceaðena ᵹemong. c 1205 Lay. 10868, & sloh þene king..Imong þissen imonge [c 1275 motinge]. |
▪ II. † yˈmong, prep. and conj. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹemang, ᵹemong, 2–3 imong, 3–7 ymong, 4 imang(e, 4–5 ymang(e, 4–6 ymonge; also 5 Sc. ymangis (after amonges, amongst).
[OE. ᵹemang, ᵹemong, used beside onᵹemang among prep., which is f. on on prep. + ᵹemang company, ymong n.]
A. prep. Among, in the midst of.
| c 893 ælfred Oros. iv. iv, & þeah ᵹemong þære heringe þyllica bismra on hie selfe asædon. c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 16 Nu ic eow sende swa sceap ᵹemang [Lindisf. inmong, Hatton onmang] wulfas. Ibid. John xxi. 23 Ðeos spræc com ut ᵹemang broþrum þæt se leorning-cniht ne swylt. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 27 Hu derst þu mon þer on-ȝein underfon drihtenes fleis and his blod in þine licome imong þan unwreste sunne and ec imong þan deofle þe wuneð in him? c 1205 Lay. 13116 Þe þer sæt..imong alle þan cnihten. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3419 If ymong .x. wurð oȝt mis-don. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 48 Imang you wonand he isse. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 369 Y-monge þe pres. a 1400 Isumbras 368 In his mantille of skarlet rede Ymange his golde he did his brede. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5646 Be takyns he aspyed Þe thefe ymang ilkane. 1474 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 53 Item to the batis that carijt our the King, the Quene, and the Courte, ymangis thaim,..xl. s. c 1500 Lancelot 820 He goith ymong them in his hie curage. 1536 in J. Nicolson & R. Burn Westmld. & Cumbld. (1777) 613 note, Every on of the other iiii prysts to have vi d, and to have to drynke ymonge theym viii d. 1642 H. More Song of Soul, Paraphr. Interpr. Answ. Apollo 15, I Phœbus with my lovely locks ymong The midst of you shall sit. |
b. her (þer)..ymong: among or with them; herewith, therewith.
| c 1205 Lay. 22702 Her wes fiðelinge and song, her wes harpinge imong. Ibid. 24194 Þer wes harepinge and song, þer weoren blissen imong. a 1225 Leg. Kath. 1580 Heo wes hire seolf þer imong, as hire þuhte. |
B. conj. ymong þat: while.
Cf. OE. ᵹemang þǽm, meanwhile.
| c 893 ælfred Oros. iv. i. §9 Ᵹemong þæm þe Pirrus wið Romane winnende wæs. c 1205 Lay. 18174 Imong þat he king wæs..Merlin him æt-wende. |