† i-mene, a. and adv. Obs.
[OE. ᵹemǽne = OS. giméni, OFris. geméne, OHG. gimeini (Ger. gemein, Du. gemeen), Goth. gamains common:—OTeut. *gamaini-z, cognate with L. communis.]
A. adj. Common (to a number), shared or owned in common.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. viii. 29 Hwæt ys þe and us ᵹemæne? c 1050 Suppl. ælfric's Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 177/10 Compascuus ager, ᵹemæne læs. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 101 Heo dudan heore þing heom ȝemene. c 1200 Ormin 5506 Swa þatt ȝe muȝhenn alle imæn Þatt rihhte weȝȝe follȝhenn. c 1230 Hali Meid. 23 Þat is to alle iliche imeane. a 1250 Owl & Night. 628 Hit is fele other wiȝte imene. |
B. adv. In common, together.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 31 Ne haue þu naht þin oȝen wif, ac oðer mannes imene. a 1225 Ancr. R. 90 Cume we nu eft aȝan & speken of alle imene. c 1400 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1015 + 106 in App. 805 Mid ech god man ymene Þus argal was out ydriue. |
Hence † i-ˈmennesse [OE. ᵹemǽnnesse], communion, fellowship, society.
| c 1050 Martyrol. in Cockayne Shrine 127 Sealdon hi þær in þara fæmnena ᵹemænnesse. a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 217, I bileue..on holi chirche, imennesse of haluwen. |