Middle English Dictionary Entry
arǒund(e adv. & prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | arǒund(e adv. & prep. Also aroun, o round, aronde. |
| Etymology | Prob. from phr. on rǒunde; cp. rounde n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) About the margin, along the periphery; (b) on all sides, all about; (c) in circumference, around.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1833 : [The girdle was] Noȝt bot arounde brayden, beten with fyngrez.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)10536 : Non was set at non ende, But alle a round [Petyt: o round] for alle were hende.
b
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.264 : Rewlers of rewmes around all þe erthe Were not yffoundid..To leue..lust of þe world.
c
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)6593 : Eyren hij leggen as a griffoun, Ac hij ben more fer a-roum [LinI: aroun].