- onbútan
- prep w.d.a. about, round about; round, around; adv; adv phrase west \onbútan faran to go west about
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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About — A*bout , prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. Look about you. Shak. Bind them about thy… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
about — /euh bowt /, prep. 1. of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War. 2. connected or associated with: There was an air of mystery about him. 3. near; close to: a man about my height; about six o clock. 4.… … Universalium
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faran — faran1 sv/i6 3rd pres færð past fór/on ptp is gefaren to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed; be, happen, exist, act; fare, get on, undergo, suffer; gefaran die; gefaran attack, overcome, capture, obtain; west onbútan faran to go west about … Old to modern English dictionary
ábútan — 1. prep w.a. on, about, around, around about, on the outside; 2. adj about, nearly (see onbutan) … Old to modern English dictionary
about — [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
about — (adv.) O.E. abutan, earlier onbutan on the outside of, from on (see ON (Cf. on)) + be by (see BY (Cf. by)) + utan outside, from ut (see OUT (Cf. out) (adv … Etymology dictionary
about — a•bout [[t]əˈbaʊt[/t]] prep. 1) concerning; on the subject of; in regard to: a book about the Civil War[/ex] 2) connected or associated with: an air of mystery about him[/ex] 3) near; close to: about my height; about six o clock[/ex] 4) in or… … From formal English to slang
about — /əˈbaʊt / (say uh bowt) preposition 1. of; concerning; in regard to: to talk about secrets. 2. connected with: instructions about the work. 3. somewhere near or in: she is about the house. 4. near; close to: about my height. 5. on every side of;… …
about — [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’… … Word origins
