ymbgang

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz. Equivalent to ymb- +‎ gang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈymbˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈymbˌɡɑŋɡ]

Noun

ymbgang m

  1. circumnavigation, orbit
  2. circuit (path around a space)
  3. circumference
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sēo ċyrċe wæs eahtahyrnede, ān hund fōta and twentiġ fōta hēah; six hund fōta and fēowertig hēo wæs ymbeganges, eal of fidersċītum marmstānum ġeworht.
      The church was eight-sided, one hundred and twenty feet high, six hundred and forty feet in circumference, and wrought entirely of rectangular blocks of marble.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ymbgang ymbgangas
accusative ymbgang ymbgangas
genitive ymbganges ymbganga
dative ymbgange ymbgangum

Descendants

  • Middle English: umgang, umgong
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