An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. umb, circa, and raucht, from raec-an, to extend.

UMBERSORROW, adj.
1. Hardy, resisting disease, or the effects of severe weather, Border; sometimes number-sorrow.
2. Rugged, of a surly disposition, Loth.

Teut. on-be-sorght, negligens curae; or Su. G. ombaer-a, portare, and sorg, aerumna.

To UMBESCHEW, v. a. To avoid.
Douglas.

A. S. umb, about, prefixed to eschew.

To UMBESET, v. a. To beset on every side.
Douglas.

A. S. ymb-saet-an, id. circumdare.

To UMBESEGE, v. a. To encompass with armed men.
Douglas.

To UMBETHINK, v. n. To consider attentively.
Barbour.

A. S. ymbe-thinc-an, cogitare de.