A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Ugsom], adj. frightful, SkD (s.v. ugly).

[ Uhte], sb. the part of the night before daybreak; uȝten, dat., S, SD.—AS. úhte: OS. uhta: Goth. uhtwo; cp. OHG. uohta, Icel. ótta, see Weigand (s.v. ucht), and Fick, 7. 9.

[ Uhten-tid], sb. early morning-time, SD.

[ Uht-song], sb. morning-chant, matins, SD.—AS. uht-sang.

[ Ulke], adj. the same, S; see [Ilke].

[ Umbe], prep. about, around, WA, S; ummbenn, S; embe, S.—AS. ymbe (embe): OHG. umbi (Otfrid), OS. umbi.

[ Vmbe-cast], v. to cast about, consider, ponder, B; umbekestez, pr. s., S2.

[ Umbe-grouen], pp. grown all round, S2.

[ Umbelappe], v. to surround, WA. See [Umlap].

[ Vmbe-set], v. to beset, B; umbeset, pt. s., B; vmset, S2; umbeset, pp., B; umsett, H, HD; vmset, S2.—AS. ymb-sittan.