† insame, in same, advb. phr. Obs.
Also 4 in samen, samyn.
[f. in prep. + samen adv. (cf. OE. ætsomne, tosomne); perh. originating in an erroneous notion of the i- of i-samen, which is found earlier.]
Together, in company. (In late use often a mere expletive.)
| 13.. Coer de L. 4386 Among the toun folk was no game; To counsayl they gaderyd hem insame. c 1340 Cursor M. 11931 (Fairf.) Ihesu and othir childryn in samyn [Cott. MS. samen] went hem by the rever to gamyn. a 1400 Octonian 47 The emperour with barouns yn-same Rood to Parys. c 1440 Ipomydon 1555 His modir and he dwellyd insame With moche myrthe, joye and game. c 1450 Lonelich Grail li. 297 And thus beleften they bothe In-same Pharans and Piers with- Owten blame. a 1522 World & Child in Hazl. Dodsley I. 245, I can many a quaint game, Lo, my top I drive in same. Ibid. 247, I am as fresh as flowers in May, I am seemly-shapen in same. |