togeanes

Middle English

Preposition

togeanes

1. Alternative form of toyenes

Adverb

togeanes

1. Alternative form of toyenes

Old English

Etymology

An adverbial genitive form of togægn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːˈjæ͜ɑː.nes/

Adverb

tōġēanes

1. 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.

Preposition

tōġēanes

1. against, towards

Descendants

• English: togains