umbestound

Adverb

(not comparable)

(UK dialectal) After a (short) time.

Origin

From Middle English umbestunde, umbestounde, umbe stunde, from Old English ymbe stunde, from ymbe (“around, about, by, upon, at”) + stunde, accusative of stund (“time, while, hour”). More at umbe, stound.

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