tosamne

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Middle English

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Adverb

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tosamne

  1. Alternative form of tosamen

Old English

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Etymology

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From to- +‎ samne.

Adverb

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tōsamne

  1. together
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
      Iċ wēne þēah, ġif wit ġīet uncru word tōsamne slēaþ, þæt þǣr āspringe sum spearca upp sōþfæstnesse þāra þe wit ǣr ne ġesāwon.
      I think though that if we keep striking our words together, some spark of truth will spring up that we haven't seen before.

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