Obs. Forms: 1 ʓemang, ʓemong, 2–3 imong, 3–7 ymong, 4 imang(e, 4–5 ymang(e, 4–6 ymonge; also 5 Sc. ymangis (after amonges, AMONGST). [OE. ʓemang, ʓemong, used beside onʓemang AMONG prep., which is f. on ON prep. + ʓemang company, YMONG sb.] A. prep. Among, in the midst of.
c. 893. Ælfred, Oros., IV. iv. & þeah ʓemong þære heringe þyllica bismra on hie selfe asædon.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. x. 16. Nu ic eow sende swa sceap ʓemang [Lindisf. inmong, Hatton onmang] wulfas. Ibid., John xxi. 23. Ðeos spræc com ut ʓemang broþrum þæt se leorning-cniht ne swylt.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 27. Hu derst þu mon þer on-ȝein underfon drihtenes fleis and his blod in þine licome imong þan unwreste sunne and ec imong þan deofle þe wuneð in him?
c. 1205. Lay., 13116. Þe þer sæt … imong alle þan cnihten.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3419. If ymong .x. wurð oȝt mis-don.
c. 1325. Metr. Hom., 48. Imang you wonand he isse.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 369. Y-monge þe pres.
a. 1400. Isumbras, 368. In his mantille of skarlet rede Y-mange his golde he did his brede.
c. 1450. St. Cuthbert (Surtees), 5646. Be takyns he aspyed Þe thefe ymang ilkane.
1474. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., I. 53. Item to the batis that carijt our the King, the Quene, and the Courte, ymangis thaim,… xl. s.
c. 1500. Lancelot, 820. He goith ymong them in his hie curage.
1536. in J. Nicolson & R. Burn, Westmld. & Cumbld. (1777), 613, note. Every on of the other iiii prysts to have vi d, and to have to drynke ymonge theym viii d.
1642. H. More, Song of Soul, Paraphr. Interpr. Answ. Apollo, 15. I Phœbus with my lovely locks ymong The midst of you shall sit.
b. Her (þer) … ymong: among or with them; herewith, therewith.
c. 1205. Lay., 22702. Her wes fiðelinge and song, her wes harpinge imong. Ibid., 24194. Þer wes harepinge and song, þer weoren blissen imong.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 1580. Heo wes hire seolf þer imong, as hire þuhte.
B. conj. Ymong þat: while.
Cf. OE. ʓemang þǽm, meanwhile.
c. 893. Ælfred, Oros., IV. i. § 9. Ʒemong þæm þe Pirrus wið Romane winnende wæs.
c. 1205. Lay., 18174. Imong þat he king wæs … Merlin him æt-wende.
