v. Obs. [f. UM- + GO v. Cf. WFris. omgean, MDu. omme-, omgaen (Du. omgaan), MSw. um-, omga (Sw. omgås refl.), Da. omgaa, OE. ymbgán, MLG. umb-, umm(e)gân, OHG. umbi-, umbegân (G. umgehen). See also UMBEGO v.
trans. To go around; to encompass.
a. 1300. E. E. Psalter xxvi. 11. I vmyhode, and offred in telde hisse Offrand of berand steuen þat isse. Ibid., lviii. 7. Þai be torned at euen, and hunger thole þa Als hundes, and cite þai sal vmga.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, xxvi. 11. I vmȝed & i offird in his tabernakile þe hoste of heghynge of voice.
