Middle English Dictionary Entry
umbren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | umbren v. Also umbre, umbur. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of nǒmbren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. umbre n.(1).
1.
(a) To count (persons or bodies);
(b) to consider (sth.), take account of.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)370 : He sclow champiouns with-outen nombre, So manye that no man myȝt hem vmbre.
b
- ?a1450 Poem Hawking (Yale 163)467 : A man must umbur bothe gode & ille, Furst the best and eke the werste.