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umbe-
† umbe-, prefix (also 3 ummbe-, 4–5 vmbe-, 5 vnbe-, unbe-, 6 Sc. wmbe-, ombe-; 4 vnbi-, 4–5 vmbi-, 5 vmby-, unby-, 6 Sc. onby-), partly (in southern ME. texts) representing OE. ymbe- (see prec.), but chiefly either an extended form of umb- (cf. prec.) or a combination of um- with be-. Forms with the...
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umbelay
† umbelay, v. Obs. Also 4 vmbelai, vmbilay; vmbe-, vmbi-, vmbyley. [See umbe- and belay v. (and cf. umblay s.v. umb-, and umlay v.). So MDu. omme-, ombeleggen.] trans. To beset, surround, encompass.a 1300 Cursor M. 1336 Þis tre, þat i of for-wit said, A neddur hit hade al vmbilaid. 13.. Ibid. 22069 ...
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umb-
† umb- prefix, app. ad. ON. umb- (earlier form of um- um-), corresponding to MLG. and MHG. umb-, OE. ymb-, emb- (see umbe-). In ME. this form of the prefix is much rarer than the reduced um- or the extended umbe-, and occurs only in the following verbs:—umbcast, to surround; umbclose, to enclose; um...
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umbethonre
umbethonre -tigh, -trin, -turn, -viron, -wall, -weave, -wend, -wet: see umbe-.
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umsiege
† umsiege, v. Obs. [f. um- + siege v. Cf. umbesiege under umbe-.] trans. To besiege.a 1325 Prose Psalter xxi. 16 Þe counseil of wicked vmseged me. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxi. 11 Fat bulles me has vmseged. c 1440 Alph. Tales 220 When Titus had vmsegid Jerusalem ij yere. Ibid. 226 What cetie at þai vm...
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umlouk
† umlouk, v. Obs. Also -luke, -lok(e. [f. um- + louk v.2 Cf. MDu. omme-, omluken (Du. omluiken), and see umbelouk under umbe-.] trans. To surround, enclose.a 1300 Cursor M. 22705 The see þat vmlukes þe land, And watres all that rinnes in strand, Al sal turn again to noght. a 1300 E.E. Psalter lxxvii...
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