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▪ I. † ymong, n. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemang, f. ᵹe- y- 3 a + root mang- to mix, found in meng v. Cf. next.]
Mixture (OE. only); company, assembly.
a1000Judith 193 Berað..Scire helmas in sceaðena ᵹemong. c1205Lay. 10868, & sloh þene king..Imong þissen imonge [c 1275 motinge].
▪ II. † yˈmong, prep. and conj. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹemang, ᵹemong, 2–3 imong, 3–7 ymong, 4 imang(e, 4–5 ymang(e, 4–6 ymonge; also 5 Sc. ymangis (after amonges, amongst).
[OE. ᵹemang, ᵹemong, used beside onᵹemang among prep., which is f. on on prep. + ᵹemang company, ymong n.]
A. prep. Among, in the midst of.
c893ælfred Oros. iv. iv, & þeah ᵹemong þære heringe þyllica bismra on hie selfe asædon. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. x. 16 Nu ic eow sende swa sceap ᵹemang [Lindisf. inmong, Hatton onmang] wulfas. Ibid. John xxi. 23 Ðeos spræc com ut ᵹemang broþrum þæt se leorning-cniht ne swylt. c1175Lamb. Hom. 27 Hu derst þu mon þer on-ȝein underfon drihtenes fleis and his blod in þine licome imong þan unwreste sunne and ec imong þan deofle þe wuneð in him? c1205Lay. 13116 Þe þer sæt..imong alle þan cnihten. c1250Gen. & Ex. 3419 If ymong .x. wurð oȝt mis-don. c1325Metr. Hom. 48 Imang you wonand he isse. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 369 Y-monge þe pres. a1400Isumbras 368 In his mantille of skarlet rede Ymange his golde he did his brede. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 5646 Be takyns he aspyed Þe thefe ymang ilkane. 1474Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 53 Item to the batis that carijt our the King, the Quene, and the Courte, ymangis thaim,..xl. s. c1500Lancelot 820 He goith ymong them in his hie curage. 1536in J. Nicolson & R. Burn Westmld. & Cumbld. (1777) 613 note, Every on of the other iiii prysts to have vi d, and to have to drynke ymonge theym viii d. 1642H. More Song of Soul, Paraphr. Interpr. Answ. Apollo 15, I Phœbus with my lovely locks ymong The midst of you shall sit.
b. her (þer)..ymong: among or with them; herewith, therewith.
c1205Lay. 22702 Her wes fiðelinge and song, her wes harpinge imong. Ibid. 24194 Þer wes harepinge and song, þer weoren blissen imong. a1225Leg. Kath. 1580 Heo wes hire seolf þer imong, as hire þuhte.
B. conj. ymong þat: while.
Cf. OE. ᵹemang þǽm, meanwhile.
c893ælfred Oros. iv. i. §9 Ᵹemong þæm þe Pirrus wið Romane winnende wæs. c1205Lay. 18174 Imong þat he king wæs..Merlin him æt-wende. |