umbego
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English umbegon, from Old English ymbgān (“to go around, go about, surround”), from Proto-Germanic *umbi (“around”), *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to um- + bego, or umbe- + go.
Verb edit
umbego (third-person singular simple present umbegoes, present participle umbegoing, simple past umbewent, past participle umbegone)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To go around.
- (transitive, obsolete) To go about; encompass; encircle; surround.