"ymb-" meaning in Old English

See ymb- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈymb/, /ymb/ Forms: ymbe- [alternative], umbe- [alternative], embe- [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”). Akin to Old English ymb, ymbe (“around, about”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*umbi||around}} Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”), {{cog|ang|ymb||}} Old English ymb Head templates: {{head|ang|prefix|head=|sort=}} ymb-, {{ang-prefix}} ymb-
  1. around Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ymb--ang-prefix-pKAMhA~D
  2. about, regarding Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ymb--ang-prefix-w7xWkw7Y Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 47 0 53 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 49 0 51
  3. near, by Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ymb--ang-prefix-hPAsOEIL
  4. restraining, lessening Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ymb--ang-prefix-UEW0RxY9 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 0 47 0 53 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 49 0 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 49 0 51

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "umbe-",
            "3": "umb-",
            "4": "um-"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: umbe-, umb-, um-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "in part"
          },
          "expansion": "(in part)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: umbe-, umb-, um- (in part)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "um-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: um-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "in part"
          },
          "expansion": "(in part)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: um- (in part)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*umbi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "around"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ymb",
        "3": "",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ymb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”). Akin to Old English ymb, ymbe (“around, about”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ymbe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umbe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ymb-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ymb-",
      "name": "ang-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "circuit",
          "text": "ymbfær",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to dwell around",
          "text": "ymbeardian",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "around"
      ],
      "id": "en-ymb--ang-prefix-pKAMhA~D",
      "links": [
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "thought, reflection, consideration",
          "text": "ymbeþanc",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "anxious",
          "text": "ymbhȳdig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to contemplate, observe, consider",
          "text": "ymbwlātian",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "talk, remark, criticism, opinion",
          "text": "ymbesprǣċ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about, regarding"
      ],
      "id": "en-ymb--ang-prefix-w7xWkw7Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "near, by"
      ],
      "id": "en-ymb--ang-prefix-hPAsOEIL",
      "links": [
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "by",
          "by"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 47 0 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 49 0 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to curb, restrain",
          "text": "ymbbǣtan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "restraining, lessening"
      ],
      "id": "en-ymb--ang-prefix-UEW0RxY9",
      "links": [
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈymb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ymb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ymb-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English prefixes",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "umbe-",
            "3": "umb-",
            "4": "um-"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: umbe-, umb-, um-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "in part"
          },
          "expansion": "(in part)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: umbe-, umb-, um- (in part)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "um-"
          },
          "expansion": "English: um-",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "in part"
          },
          "expansion": "(in part)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: um- (in part)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*umbi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "around"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ymb",
        "3": "",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ymb",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around”). Akin to Old English ymb, ymbe (“around, about”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ymbe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umbe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "embe-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ymb-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ymb-",
      "name": "ang-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "circuit",
          "text": "ymbfær",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to dwell around",
          "text": "ymbeardian",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "around"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "thought, reflection, consideration",
          "text": "ymbeþanc",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "anxious",
          "text": "ymbhȳdig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to contemplate, observe, consider",
          "text": "ymbwlātian",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "talk, remark, criticism, opinion",
          "text": "ymbesprǣċ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "about, regarding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "near, by"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "by",
          "by"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to curb, restrain",
          "text": "ymbbǣtan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "restraining, lessening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restrain",
          "restrain"
        ],
        [
          "lessen",
          "lessen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈymb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ymb/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ymb-"
}

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