umbestounde

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • umbe stunde, umbestunde, umbe stonde, unbestounde, umbstont, umbe-stounde
  • umbestount (Scotland)

Etymology

From Old English ymbe stunde, from ymbe (“around, about, by, upon, at”) + stunde, accusative of stund (“time, while, hour”).

Adverb

umbestounde (not comparable)

  1. at times; from time to time; sometimes
  2. frequently, often
  3. after a (short) time; after a while

Derived terms
  • umbestoundes
  • umstount
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