togeanes
Middle English
editPreposition
edittogeanes
- Alternative form of toyenes
Adverb
edittogeanes
- Alternative form of toyenes
Old English
editEtymology
editAn adverbial genitive form of togægn.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edittōġēanes
- towards
- c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
- Maria, Cristes moder, bær þæt cild, and se ealda Symeon eode hire tōġēanes, and gecneow þæt cild ðurh onwrigenysse, and hit beclypte and bær into ðam temple.
- Mary, Christ's mother, bare the child, and the old Simeon went towards her, and knew the child through revelation, and took it in his arms and bare it into the temple.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"
Preposition
edittōġēanes
Descendants
edit- English: togains