umbego
English
Etymology
From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go around.
- (transitive, obsolete) To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.
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