† i-same, adv. Obs.
Also 4 i-some, y-same.
[Another form of insame; app. f. i-, in + samen adv. together: cf. MHG. ensamen, -ent. As the in of in-same(n was pleonastic, and i was not used in southern dial. for in in 14th c., the i- was prob. associated with i- prefix1, and was hence sometimes written y. I-some in Castel of Love has ǫ from a, and is to be distinguished from the adj. i-some, in which i- is i-1.]
Together; in company.
| c 1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 705 Forþ þai wente al isame, To Beues chaumber þat he came. Ibid. 3449 And to þe castel þai wente isame Wiþ gret solas, gle and game. c 1320 Cast. Love 1418 Vppon holy þoresday þer on his nome Heo weren i-gedered alle i-some. c 1330 Amis. & Amil. 1089 Hou he and that maiden was Bothe togider y-same. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 1188 Goþ now alle y-same & helpeþ him. c 1400 Sowdone Bab. 3201 And so thay livede in ioye and game, And brethern both thay wer, In pees and werr both I-same. |