| 释义 |
† umbeˈwhile, adv. Obs.
Also 3 umbe hwile, 4 vmbywhile (4 unbe-, 5 vnbi-).
[OE. ymb(e) hwíle: see umbe prep. and while n. Cf. umwhile.]
1. After a time.
971Blickling Hom. 217 Þa wæs ymb hwile, ða ᵹefelde he þæt se deada man his leomu ealle astyrede. a1225Leg. Kath. 12 Weox umbe hwile [Royal MS. umbe hwiles] wreððe ham bitweonen.
2. At times; sometimes.
c1230Hali Meid. 27 Nawt ane on ende; ah eauer umbehwile. a1310in Wright Lyric P. xv. 49 Sleuthe ant slep mi bedyner, that weneth me unbe-while. Umbe-while y am to whene, when y shal murthes meten. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 396 (MS. Laud 656), [They] setyn til euesang range & songe vmbywhile. |