† to-ˈsame, to-ˈsamen, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 tosǫmne, tosamne, 2–3 to somne, (Orm.) tosamenn, 2–4 to same, 3 to somnen, 3–4 to samen, 4 to samyn.
[OE. tósamne, tósǫmne, f. tó, to prep. + samen together. Cf. OFris. to samene, OS. tô samane, te samne (MDu. te-zamen, Du. samen), OHG. saman, zi samane (MHG. zesamene, Ger. zusammen); also ON. til-samans.
The element samen represents an orig. n., of which saman, samane, samans were case-forms: cf. Skr. samana concourse, assembly, samana adv. together; also OIr. samain assembly, the Tara-festival.]
Together; into or in one body or company.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iv. xi. §9 Raðe þæs þe hie tosomne comon. 971 Blickl. Hom. 191 Þa coman þær tosamne unari⁓medlico menᵹeo. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 100 Moyses fæste feowertiᵹ daᵹa and feowertiᵹ nihta tosamne. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 23 Boðe to same þe sowle and þe lichame. c 1200 Ormin 649 Forrþi shulenn alle þa..Tosamenn stanndenn att te dom. c 1205 Lay. 8597 To-somnen we scullen gliden. c 1315 Shoreham i. 116 Crist is mid ous to-same. 13.. Cursor M. 11461 (Cott.) And did he suith to samen call Þe maisters of his kingrik all. c 1375 Ibid. 3073 (Fairf.) To-samyn dwelled þai þare. |