† umbestound, adv. Obs.
Forms: 3 vmbe stunde, umbestunde, 4 vmbesto(u)nde, 5 Sc. vmbestount.
[OE. ymbe (embe) stunde: see umbe prep. and stound n.1]
a. At times; sometimes. b. After a (short) time.
| [993 Battle of Maldon 271 æfre embe stunde he sealde sume wunde.] c 1205 Lay. 11969 Þa vmbe stunde ne sæȝe heo noht of londe. a 1225 Ancr. R. 344 Ich am of-dred leste I go driuinde oðerhwules to swuðe uorðward upe fole þouhtes, and fule umbestunde. a 1300 Havelok 2297 He is birkabeynes sone, Þe king þat was vmbe stonde wone For to yeme [us] and wel were. 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 122 O Folez in folk felez oþer whyle, & vnderstondes vmbestounde,..Hope ȝe þat he heres not þat eres alle made? 1375 Barbour Bruce vii. 398 The kyng..Wes in Carrik, quhar vmbestount He vald vend vith his men till hount. |
So † umbestounds adv. Obs.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 7 Þen is better to abyde þe bur vmbe-stoundes, Þen ay þrow forth my þro, þaȝ me þynk ylle. |