vmbe-kesten

v.

Cl pres 3 sg. vmbekesteʒ

‘cast about, search all around, circle'

(Modern English )

Etymology

A compound of ME prep. umbe- (see vmbe) + kest v.

PGmc Ancestor

*kas(a)tō(j)an- 

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

kasta ‘to cast, throw’
(ONP kasta (vb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

Far kasta, Icel kasta, Norw kasta, Dan kaste, Sw kasta

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

absence of palatalization of */k/

Summary category

A1c

Attestation

ME, specially in N and alliterative texts, with a handful of occurrences further afield.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

Gaw 1434; Cl 478

Bibliography

MED umbecasten (v.) , OED umbecast (v.) , Dance vmbe-kesten