Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

tó-samne

  • adverb
Dictionary links
Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
Together.
with verbs of motion, where meeting takes place,
without hostility
Show examples

  • Ðá cóman ðǽr tósamne unárímedlíco mengeo,

      Blickl. Homl. 191, 9.

  • Ǽr hí tósomne becómun

    antequam convenirent,

      Mt. Kmbl. 1, 18.

  • Héht tósomne ða heó séleste wiste tó ðære hálgan byrig cumin,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2401; El. 1202.
with hostility
Show examples

  • Raðe ðæs ðe hié tósomne cómon

    commisso praelio,

      Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 11.

  • Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas,

      Cd. Th. 119, 19; Gen. 1982.
with verbs implying collecting, assembling
Show examples

  • Beóþ ealle sǽfixas gegaderod tósomne

    omnes pisces maris in unum congregabuntur,

      Num. 11, 22.

  • Hí tósomne eall werod clypedon

    conuocant totam cohortem,

      Mk. Skt. 15, 16.

  • Leóde tósomne bannan,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2188; An. 1095.

  • Hét ðá tósomne síne leóde,

      Cd. Th. 245, 26; Dan. 469.
with verbs denoting joining, touching, mixing
Show examples

  • Tósomne gerǽt

    congelaverat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 37.

  • Tósomne cnyllaþ

    conliserint,

      134, 66.

  • Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne,

      Beo. Th. 5129; B. 2568.

  • Ða stánas bióþ earfoþe tó tódǽlenne and eác uneáþe tósomne cumaþ,

      Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 25.

  • Hié him geblendon tósomne drync unheórne,

      Andr. Kmbl. 66; An. 33: Exon. Th. 88, 11; Cri. 1438.
of action,
in concert, at the same time
Show examples

  • Ðá burston ða seofon weallas ealle tósomne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 212, 31.

  • Eall þreó nimeþ fýres wælm tósomne,

      Exon. Th. 60, 8; Cri. 966.

  • Englas hlýdaþ tósomne,

      55, 14; Cri. 883: Hy. 3, 16.

  • Ðǽr geláðe leng ne mihton geseón tósomne

    the foes could not longer see one another,

      Cd. Th. 190, 30; Exod. 207.
of uninterrupted time
Show examples

  • Moyses fæste feówertig daga and feówertig nihta tósamne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 100, 3.

  • Tósomne,

      198, 13.

  • Hé fæste hwílum twégen dagas, hwílum þrý tósomne,

      Shrn. 52, 20.

  • Hit ágan rínan .xl. daga and .xl. nihta tósomne,

      Wulfst. 216, 33.
Etymology
[Heo ferden tosomne, Laym. 1393. Tosumne (togadere, 2nd MS.), 61. O. Frs. tó-samene: O. Sax. te-samne: O. H. Ger. zi-samane: Ger. zu-sammen.]
Linked entries
v.  tó-somne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-samne.” 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/30820.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • tó-samne, adv.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.