feorran ymbutan

Old English

Adverb

feorran ymbūtan

  1. (of language) in a roundabout or circumlocutory manner
    • c. 900, The Old English Boethius
      Þā ongan hē sprecan swīðe fiorran ymbūtan
      Then he began to speak in a very roundabout way
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