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† ˈembe, prep. Obs.
Also 1 emb.
A variant of OE. ymbe, ME. umbe, q.v., about, around, etc.
a1000Athelstan 5 (Gr.) Embe Brunanburh. a1000Menolog. (Gr.) 210 Emb eahta niht. c1175Lamb. Hom. 51 Þe bitacninge þe ic habbe embe ispeken. Ibid. 219 Ne meȝ nan iscefte..understonden embe god. c1205Lay. 6563 æuere he þohte embe uuel. c1315Shoreham 141 Ine thylke songe That ich was embe oure faye.
Hence in OE. and early ME. compounds: embhuᵹa [OE. hoᵹa care], anxiety; embsniðe v. [OE. sníðan to cut], to circumcise; embeþonk [OE. þanc thought], anxiety or thought about; embe-uten adv. [OE. úton without], round about.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. vi. 34 æghwylc dæᵹ hæfð ᵹenoh on hys aᵹenum ymbhoᵹan [c 1160 Hatton embhuᵹan]. Ibid. Mark xiv. 47 Soðlice an of þam þe ðar embe-uton [c 1160 Hatton embe-uten] stodon his swurde abræd. Ibid. Luke ii. 210 Þe ehta daᵹas ᵹefyllede wæron þæt ðæt cild emsnyden [c 1160 Hatton embsnyðen] wære. c1175Lamb. Hom. 81 Þet me sculde in þe ehtuþe dei þet knaue child embsniþen. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 87 Þe bileffulle mannes heorte..ben wasshen of þe embeþonke of fleshliche lustes. |