Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Around; about; after. [Obsolete except in dialectal use in composition.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- preposition obsolete About.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition dialectal
Around ,about ;after .
Etymologies
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Examples
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July 24, 2009 at 9:10 am mebbe ai can has umbe-eller?
I was sittin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Hit wes umbe {} while {;} þ̵ com þe ilke time. þ̵ iȝarked wes þa burh {;} mid þan alre bezste.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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St opping wing umbe s nter t t mbers tersect pe b ride ua an contro ntrol ex tional e r ng d han ing Stoppi g n ng.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows miamidodge 2010
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Hey Mate, It's the first game of the ... hahaha thats a gd reply lolz ... umbe m ...
Kottu 2009
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Hey Mate, It's the first game of the ... hahaha thats a gd reply lolz ... umbe m ...
Kottu 2009
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[A]n all-for-all exchange should be auth[orized] if this appears nec[essary] to secure release of the max[imum] n[umbe]r of UN and ROK PW, or is nec[essary] to prevent breakdown in truce negotiations.
How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010
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_ B | | ȝef C | | don | | nawt | naut C | | biddes godd | | are B | | beos | | umbe {n} B | |
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
AnWulf commented on the word umbe
It can be used alone ... umbe ... or as a prefix ... um ... umwelt (environment), umbeset (surround), umbecast (cast around), umthink (bethink, meditate, consider), umbethink (consider), umgang (circuit)
September 27, 2011