Staff U of the Old English Wordbook.
For a full list of etymological and other abbreviations used in these wordlists, see: Forshortenings.
Quickened | Old English | Kind | Meaning |
umb | ymb | prep | around, about, concerning, regarding |
umbbear | ymbberan | vb | to surround |
umbchar | ymbcirran | vb | to turn around, avert, overturn |
umbeight | ymbeaht | n | collection, combination, collation |
umbfang | ymbfōn | vb | to circumscribe, surround, encompass |
umbfare | ymbfær | n | a circuit, a going around |
umbfathom | ymbfæðmian | vb | to embrace, to clasp |
umbgang | ymbgang | n | a circling, circuit, circumference |
umbhang | ymbhōn | vb | to hang round with clothing, to drape |
umbhave | ymbhabban | vb | to surround, encompass; to contain |
umbhidy | ymbhygdig | adj | anxious, solicitous, attentive |
umbhold | ymbhealdan | vb | to encompass |
umbhow | ymbhoga | n | anxiety, solicitude, care |
umblie | ymblicgan | vb | to lie round, surround, encompass |
umblithe | ymblīþan | vb | to circumnavigate |
umbloater | ymbwlātend | n | spectator, observer |
umbring | ymbhringan | vb | to ring round, surround, encompass |
umbset | ymbsettan | vb | to set around, surround, encompass |
umbsnithe | ymbsnīþan | vb | to circumcise |
umbspeak | ymbsprecan | vb | to speak about something, to discuss |
umbspeech | ymbsprǣc | n | speech about a subject, discussion |
umbstandness | ymbstandenness | n | circumstances |
umbtrim | ymbtrymian | vb | to surround; to fortify, to protect |
umbtrimming | ymbtrymming | n | a fortification |
umbwax | ymbweaxan | vb | to grow around, surround |
umbwend | ymbwendan | vb | to turn around, transform, convert |
umbwharft | ymbhwearft | n | circle, orbit, circuit |
umbwharve | ymbhweorfan | vb | to revolve around, to orbit around |
unathelness | unæþelness | n | ignobility |
undeed | undǣd | n | ill deed, evil action, crime, misdeed |
underborough | underburh | n | suburb |
underborougher | underburhware | n | inhabitant of a suburb |
underbow | underbūgan | vb | to submit |
underfang | underfōn | vb | to accept, receive, take in, entertain |
undernye | underhnīgan | vb | to go under, to succumb to |
undertheedendly | underþēodendlīc | adj | subjunctive |
undertongue | undertunge | n | sublingua |
underwend | underwendan | vb | to subvert |
underwrite | underwrītan | vb | to subscribe, sign |
unendendly | ungeendiendlīc | adj | infinitive (grammar) |
unkinly | uncynlīc | adj | unsuitable, improper |
unlib | unlybba | n | poison (esp. when used in witchcraft and sorcery) |
unlibwright | unlybwyrhta | n | poison-maker, witch, sorcerer |
unlift | unlyft | n | bad air, malaria |
unlittiness | unwlitigness | n | ugliness, disfigurement |
unlitty | unwlitig | adj | not beautiful, ugly |
unmightly | unmeahtelīc | adj | impossible |
unmilse | unmilts | n | sternness, wrath |
unmilsendly | unmiltsigendlīc | adj | unpardonable |
unmilsing | unmiltsung | n | want of consideration, impiety towards God |
unmirth | unmyrhþ | n | sadness, misery |
unmood | unmōd | n | despondency, dejection |
unmoody | unmōdig | adj | fainthearted, pusillanimous; diffident, humble |
unnithing | unnīþing | n | an honest person, one accepted by their community |
unrode | ungerād | adj | unreasonable, unwise, irrational, stupid; discordant |