umbego

English

Etymology

From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to um- +‎ bego, or umbe- +‎ go.

Verb

umbego (third-person singular simple present umbegoes, present participle umbegoing, simple past umbewent, past participle umbegone)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To go around.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.
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