samod

See also: samod-

Middle English

Alternative forms

• somed, somet, sameþ

Etymology

Inherited from Old English samod, from Proto-West Germanic *samaþ, from Proto-Germanic *samaþa (“together”). Akin to Old High German samit (“together”), German samt, sammt (“together with”).

Adverb

samod (Early Middle English)

1. Together; in unison or simultaneously.

   Þenne faræþ þa haliᵹe men ... ant samod siþiæð mid englæ werod. — Bodley Homilies, c1175

2. Bound or fastened together.
   • c. 1225, “Feorðe dale: fondunges”, in Ancrene Ƿiſſe (MS. Corpus Christi 402)‎^[1], Herefordshire, published c. 1235, folio 78, verso; republished at Cambridge: Parker Library on the Web, 2018 January:

     […] ah bi þe teileſ ha beoð ſomet · ⁊ beoreð ðes deofleſ bleaſen þe bꝛune of galneſſe ·

     […] both are bound together at their extremities, and they have the Devil's flames with them: the fire of lasciviousness.

Derived terms

• samodnesse

Old English

Alternative forms

• somed

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *samaþa (“together”). Akin to Old High German samit (“together”), German samt (“together with”), sammt (“together with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.mod/

Adverb

samod

1. simultaneously, at the same time, together; entirely, also, as well, too, in addition to, plus
   • Cumaþ ūt samod Ilfing and Wisle ― The Ilfing and Wisle (two rivers) come out together (have a common channel).

Preposition

samod

1. together with, at (of time)
   • Samod ǣrdæġe eode æðele cempa self mid gesīðum ― At dawn went the noble warrior himself with his comrades. (Beowulf)

Derived terms

• See samod-