Middle English

Alternative forms

• aboumbren

Verb

obumbren (third-person singular simple present obumbreth, present participle obumbrende, simple past and past participle obumbred)

1. (of countries) to overshadow
2. (of people, with over or to) to spread like a shadow over
3. (of eyes) to cover
4. (of the germination of beans) to shelter or protect
5. (Christianity, in passive, to be obumbred to) to be caused to overshadow (a reference to the causative role played by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary's conception of Christ)

Conjugation