umbestounde
English
Alternative forms
- umbestount (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English umbestunde, umbestounde, umbe stunde, from Old English ymbe stunde, from ymbe (“around, about, by, upon, at”) + stunde, accusative of stund (“time, while, hour”). More at umbe, stound.
Adverb
umbestounde (not comparable)
- (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) At times; from time to time; sometimes.
- (UK dialectal) After a (short) time.
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