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sam

  • conjunction
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Grammar
sam, conj.
Wright's OE grammar
§581; §582;
Whether, or (cf. swá. . . swá= whether . . . or)
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  • Sara hi þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ ðeáh. Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 92, 29.

  • Sam wé willan, sam wé nyllan,

      34, 12 ; Fox 154, 7: 40, 1; Fox 234, 34.

  • Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor, sam winter,

      Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 17.

  • Sam hý fæsten sam hý ne fæsten

    omni tempore siue jejunii siue prandii,

      R. Ben. 66, 14.
  • Sam hé hine miclum lufige, sam hé hine lytlum lufige, sam hé hine mydlinga lufige. Shrn. 194, 13.

  • Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne, som hý sýn of stence, oððe fram nædran,

      Lchdm. i. 166, 9.
Etymology
[Sam. . . sam whether. . . or, O. E. Homl. ii. 107, 8.]
Linked entries
v.  som ge-sam.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sam.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26334.

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  • sam, con.

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