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tó-samne

  • adverb
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Grammar
tó-samne, -somne; adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§557;
Together.
with verbs of motion, where meeting takes place,
without hostility
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Beóþ ealle sǽfixas gegaderod tósomne

    omnes pisces maris in unum congregabuntur,

    • Num. 11, 22.
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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.
]
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v.  tó-somne.
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  • tó-samne, adv.