umbego

verb — 2 senses

umbego

verb

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.

1

Obsolete To go around.

2

Obsolete To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.

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