ymbe

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ymb, embe, umbe, ymbi, imbe === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *umbi (“around, near”), akin to Old High German umbi (“around”), Latin ambi (“both, around”), Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides, around”), Old Irish imb, Old English bī (“near, by”). More at by. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈym.be/ === Preposition === ymbe around, about Anglo-Saxon Version of The Holy Gospels Anglo-Saxon Version of The Holy Gospels Anglo-Saxon Version of The Holy Gospels near, along ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: umbe, embe⇒ English: umbe-, um- (archaic, or in dialects)⇒ Scots: umbe-