different between aboue vs aboute

English

Adverb

aboue

1. obsolete typography of above

English

Adverb

aboute (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of about

French

Verb

aboute

1. first-person singular present indicative of abouter
2. third-person singular present indicative of abouter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abouter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of abouter
5. second-person singular imperative of abouter

Anagrams

• ébouât, ébouta, taboue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• abouten

Etymology

From Old English onb?tan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bu?t(?)/

Adverb

aboute

1. around
   • 1384, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe): Proverbs, vi, 3-4,

     Therfor, my sone, do thou that that Y seie, and delyuere thi silf; for thou hast fallun in to the hond of thi neiybore. Renne thou aboute, haste thou, reise thi freend;

     yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.

Descendants

• English: about
• Scots: aboot
• Yola: abut, abouten

References

• “ab?ute(n, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.