Middle English Dictionary Entry
isāme adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | isāme adv. Also isamme, isome. |
| Etymology | From sāmen adv.; also cp. in-sāme(n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In a group, together, in each other's company; bothe (togeder) ~; al ~, all together; (b) kissen ~, to kiss each other; macchen you ~, marry each other, be mated to each other; (c) in a mingled state, mingled together; (d) similarly, in like manner, alike.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14120 : Þa þe uerde wes isome [Otho: igadered]..þa heo weoren þer on hepe an hunddred þusende.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)2095 : Ysame we nouȝt no sat.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1089 : He & þat maiden was Boþe to-gider ysame [rime: schame, blame, grame].
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)34/705 : Forþ þai wente al isame To Beues chaumber þat he came.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)173/3700 : Led hire awai, god ȝeue ȝow schame, Þe and hire, boþ isame!
- 1372 Wy haue ȝe (Adv 18.7.21)8 : Lat vs deyȝen boþen i-same [rime: schame].
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1188 : Ȝe, lordes..goþ now alle y-same.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1418 : Heo weren I-gedered alle I-some [rime: nome].
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2112 : Þay..cussede i-same an haste.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.199 : Maidenis & maidenis macche ȝow ysamme.
c
- (a1333) Herebert What ys he (Add 46919)12 : And of al monkunde ne was non oþer won; Ich hoem habbe y-trodded in wreþe and in grome, And al my wede ys byspreynd wyth hoere blod ysome [rime: shome].
d
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)967 : & þat oþer day y-same [Cai: And on morowe for the same; F Et lendemain tot ensement], Sir Gij wan þat ich game.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)3201 : Thay livede in ioye and game, And brethern both thay wer, In pees and werr both I-same.