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samnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
samnian, p. ode.
Wright's OE grammar
§536;
v. trans.
to collect, assemble, bring together, gather
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  • Ða swétestan somnaþ and gædraþ wyrta wynsume and wudubléda

    colligit succos et odores divite silva,

      Exon. Th. 211, 6; Ph. 193.

  • Somnas his huǽte

    congregabit triticum suum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 12.

  • Nát hwam hit gaderaþ ł somnaj ða,

      Ps. Spl. 38, 10.

  • Hé ðyder folc samnode,

      Cd. Th. 230, 5 ; Dan. 228.

  • Hié here samnodon,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2250 ; An. 1126.

  • Wé somnadon ł geadredon ða

    colligimus ea,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 28.

  • Sommas (somnigas,

      Rush. ) ða ðe hiá gelǽfdon. Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 12.
  • Swylce man fyrde trymme and samnige. Blickl. Homl. 91, 32.

  • Fyrde somnian,

      Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 2.
  • Folc somnigean. Cd. Th. 191, 19 ; Exod. 217.
to
draw together, join, unite
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  • Ðonne samnaþ hió ða wunde and hǽlþ,

      Lchdm. ii. 22, 11.
to get materials together for a poem to compose
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  • Ic ðysne sang fand samnode wíde

    I was author of this poem, gathered its matter far and wide,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 4; Ap. 2.

  • Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig ælda cynnes, ðæt ic lygewordum leóþ somnige (

    that I compose my lay of lying words),

    wríte wóðcræfte,
      Exon. Th. 234, 29; Ph. 547.
intrans.
to collect, assemble, come together
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  • Sellendum ðé him hí somniaþ

    dante te illis, colligent.

      Ps. Spl. 103, 29.

  • Somnode

    conglobatur,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 34: 91, 20.
  • Duguþ samnade. Andr. Kmbl. 250; An. 125.

  • Mægen samnode,

      Elen. Kmbl. 110; El. 55: 120; El. 60.

  • Hí gederedon ł somnodon tógeánes mé

    convenirent adversum me.

      Ps. Spl. 30, 17.
to draw together, join, unite
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  • Ðá weóxon ða fýr swýðe and hí tógædere þeóddon and samnedon óþ ðæt ðe hí wǽron on ǽnne unmǽtne lége geánede and gesomnade

    crescentes vero ignes usque ad invicem sese extenderunt, atque in inmensam adunati sunt flammam,

      Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 21.
to glean
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  • Hé mid his sceáfe ne mæg sceát áfyllan ðeáh ðe hé samnige swíðe georne

    non implevit sinum suum qui manipulos colligit,

      Ps. Th. 128, 5.
Etymology
[Laym. somnien, sumnien : Orm. sammnenn: O. Sax. samnón : O. Frs. samena, somnia: O. H. Ger. samanón: Icel. samna.]
Similar entries
v. ge-samnian.
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v.  samode.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “samnian.” 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/26354.

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