arounde

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • around, aroun, a-roum
  • a round, o round

Etymology

a- +‎ round；Displaced earlier umbe, embe (“around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈruːnd/

Adverb

arounde (Late Middle English)

  1. about the margin, along the periphery
  2. on all sides, all about
  3. in circumference, around

Descendants

  • English: around
  • Scots: aroon, aroun, arown, aroond
  • Yola: arent, a rent

References

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French aronde, from Latin hirundō.

Noun

arounde f (plural aroundes)

  1. (continental) swallow
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