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same

  • adverb
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same, (always in combination with swá); adv.
Similarly, in the same way.
Swá same
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  • And eft Lǽdenware swá same wendon ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde

    and again the Romans in the same way translated all into their own language,

      Past. pref. ; Swt. 6, 3.
  • Ðeós wyrt is swýðe scearpnumul wunda tó gehǽlenne, swá ðæt ða wunda hrædlíce tógædere gáþ; and eác swá some hió gedéþ ðæt flǽsc tógædere clifaþ. Lchdm. i. 134, 12: Elen. Kmbl. 2553; El. 1278.
  • Ðæt hié lufan Dryhtnes and sybbe swá same sylfra betweónum gelǽston,

      2411; El. 1207: 2565; El. 1284.
  • On Adame and on his eafrum swá some,

      Cd. Th. 25, 24; Gen. 399.
  • Is ðæt fýr swá same on ðam wætre and on stánum eác. Met. 20, 150 : 24, 33.
  • Deór efne swá some faraþ,

      Exon. Th. 358, 30; Pa. 53.
Swá same swá
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  • Hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu swá some swá ða wríteras dydon,

      Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 1.
  • Twá ðara gecyndu habbaþ nétenu swá same swá men,

      33, 4; Fox 132, 5.
  • Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2,

      4; Swt. 76, 27.
Etymology
[O. Sax. só sama, só sama só: O. H. Ger. sama. só sama, só sama só.]
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  • same, adv.