Aboute(n)

, Abowte , Obout ( XIV a ), (i) adv. about, round, on all sides, here and there, to and fro, I 233, V 165, VIII a 297, XI b 270, XII a 143, b 117, XIV a 15, XV i 3, XVII 303, 351, .; round about, VII 83, .; round it, II 359; al aboute round , all round about, XII a 79; (ii) prep. about, round, . (often following n. or pron. ), I 54, II 274, 284, V 95, XIV b 68, .; on, XI b 236; in, XI b 293, 296; about al , in all directions, II 387; aboute with for to (vnbynde) , XVI 7. [OE. onbūtan , ābūtan .]