aboute

See also: abouté

English

Adverb

aboute (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of about

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

aboute

  1. inflection of abouter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English onbūtan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbuːt(ə)/

Adverb

aboute

  1. around
    • 1384, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe): Proverbs, vi, 3-4:
      Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend;
      yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: about
  • Geordie English: aboot
  • Scots: aboot
  • Yola: abut, abouten

References

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