Middle English Dictionary Entry
samnen v.
Entry Info
Forms | samnen v. Also samne, samme(n, same(n, sampnen, samenen & (early SWM) somne(n, somnien, sompnen, somenen; p.pl. & ppl. samned, etc. & samind. |
Etymology | OE samnian, somnian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. somnen v.
1.
(a) To gather together, meet, assemble; ppl. samned, assembled; (b) to assemble (people, an army, animals, ships), gather, collect; (c) refl. to gather, assemble; (d) to bring (people, God and man) together, unite; ~ to, unite (soul) with (Christ); (e) of an animal: to copulate with (another animal); ~ with, of a person: have sexual intercourse with (sb.); consort with (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7045 : Þus suggeð þine men, þer heo somned sitteð.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)36/1 : Ne nis þear na bote bute fleo þenne, þet nowðer ne beo nohwer ane wið oðer; ne seon ham, ne sompnin, ne sitten to-gederes wið-uten wittnesse.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2890 : In a þede samened two Þat cam to-gidere, liuede so.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)434 : He ches a stede toward eden, And to him sameden oðer men.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.3 : At the fiftend day þei samned at Southamptone.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.283 : Þe clergie alle þer mette, þe baronage holy þer þei gan alle samen.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)53 : Þat man ryche..sende his sonde þen to say þat þay samne schulde.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2351 : With þat all samen [Dub: sampnes] on a sopp, semblis þe pupill.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)818 : Heo senden ȝeond al France..fulle seouen nihte heo somenede cnihtes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3189 : Morpidus..sende ȝeond þæs ærde & sommnede ferde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8592 : Somne þine uerde & far to þan ærde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14305 : Þa ilke tweie broðeren..somneden þa cnihtes.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15288 : Heo gunnen somnien scipen uniuoȝen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15625 : Somnie we nu ferde ȝeond alle mine ærde.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3145 : So mikil hird so it noten mai Ben at euen folc sum to samen.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1514 : Miche was þat semly folk..Þat was samned at þat bridale.
- c1330 Þe siker soþe (Auch)55 : Þat he haþ sammned in site, Loue wil he sunder.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)5232 : Quen þai ware sammed [Vsp: gedir] al to-gidder ware sex and sexti sum of liues.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.308 : Whan he was in þe Marche, he samned his oste.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)361 : Thenne sone com þe sevenþe day when samned wern alle.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)10/526 : Þe bisschop..gert samyn his clergi.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)3232 : Alle the lordes that there were Were redy dyght and samed there With ther meyne.
- c1440(c1350) Octav.(1) (Thrn)75/193 : Alle were þay sampnede appone a daye.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)468/87 : Samme oure men and make a schowte.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1026 : Alexander with ane ost of many athill dukis, Samed [Dub: Sampnez] a vnsene somme.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1732 : Þou has samed [Dub: sampned]..a selly nounbre Of wrichis & wirlingis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3168 : If I sande men & sammen [Dub: samme] seggis out of nombre..Ȝit me is better on þe bent in bataile be slayne.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13474 : Þe kyng þis forward fest, when þei ware samned [vr. sammed] so.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1641 : At set time he sulden samen Ðor hem-self.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2239 : Þis folfolk þam sammen [Göt: gadrid] þan; Brathli þai þis werk bigan.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)6493 : Þai samed [Göt: samind] þam and drogh to rede.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)46.9 : Princes of folke þai samened þam With þe god of Abraham.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)385 : Þenne sayde he to his seriauntes: 'Samnes yow bilyue.'
d
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)322 : Daviþ kingess kinness menn Off weress oþþr off wifess Wiþþ Aaroness kinnes menn Off siþre wærenn sammnedd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9453 : Þatt hæþene þeod..shollde wurrþenn newenn Sammnedd togeddre i Crisstenndom.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19286 : Jesu Crist..cumenn wass to manne, To ben bitwenenn menn & Godd, To sahhtlenn hemm & sammnenn.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(*Glb A.19-James)74/34 : Ȝure louerd..ȝu wolde wisen..hu ȝe mihten werldes wurðscipe welden & ec ȝure soule samne [Jes-O: somnen] to Criste.
- a1250 Lofsong Louerde (Nero A.14)209 : Ich bidde and bi-seche þe..þurh..þine moderes ream and sein i[o]hanes soruwe þo þu somnedest ham ase sune and moder.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)121.8 : I prechid pes, that neghburs & brethere be samynd in charite.
e
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2412 : Ȝa mihhte ȝho sket affterr þatt Wiþþ hire macche sammnenn, & cnawenn hire macchess stren, & wurrþenn swa wiþþ childe.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)484 : He togaddre gon o wolde, so sep ðat cumen ut of folde, & behinden he hem sampnen.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)870 : To samen wyth þo semly, þe solace is better.
2.
(a) To collect (sth.), amass (treasure); ~ of, fill (a room) with (furniture, etc.); (b) to construct (sth.); join (sth.), fasten; (c) to reckon (numbers) by addition or multiplication; add (one number to another); (d) of lines: to come together, join; (e) to give rise to (sth.), produce.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.29 : Icc hafe sammnedd o þiss boc Þa Goddspelless neh alle.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1552 : Þu sammnesst all þin mele inn an & cnedesst itt togeddre.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3285 : Hu mikell fehh he mihhte swa Off all þe weorelld sammnenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12230 : All þatt tu sammness i þin hord..witt tu þatt tut hafesst all Sett i þe deofless walde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3271 : He somnede to-gædere gærsumme muchele.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)32.7 : Samenand als in lome watres ofe se.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5290 : Scho..ledis him forthire, In-to a clochere with a kay, þe clennest of þe werde, Was sammed all of sipris & seder-tables.
b
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)1619 : Þorow þat makyng þat þey dide same, Tours hadde þey gyuen hit þe name.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1520 : He plyes ouire þe pauement with pallen webis, Mas on hiȝt ouire his hede for hete of þe sone, Sylours of sendale to sele ouire þe gatis, And sammes [Dub: sampnez] þaim on aithire side with silken rapis.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4325 : Ȝiff þu þise taless kannst Inntill an tale sammnenn, Þu findesst..ehhte siþe an hunndredd.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11264 : Ȝiff þu sammnesst twa till an, Þu findesst þreo togeddre.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11309 : Forr seofenn siþe sexe gan, Ȝiff þatt tu willt hemm sammnenn, Upp inntill fowwerrtiȝ & twa.
d
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)659 : Alle þese fyue syþez..fyched vpon fyue poyntez..Ne samned neuer in no syde, ne sundred nouþ[er].
e
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27762 : Slewth oft samnes sorow strang, and þat vnmekely lastand lang.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3757 : He wollde sammnenn An flocc off menn till Crisstenndom & till þe rihhte læfe.
Note: Closest to sense 1.(b) & (d) but no ~ til sense in gloss of either. The prep. seems to be similar to 1.(d) ~ to, unite (sb.) with (God) - perh. here unite (flock of men) with (Christendom and right belief).--per MJW