Middle English Dictionary Entry

tọ̄̆geder adv.
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Entry Info

Forms tọ̄̆geder adv. Also toged(e)re, -gedir(e, -gedur(e, -gedder, -geddir, -geidur, -gider(e, -gidir, -gid(i)re, -gidur(e, -gidder, -giddir, -giddre, -gader, -gad(e)re, -gadir, -ghedre, -godur, -guider, -keder(e, tegedir, (N) togeidder & together(e, -gither & (early) togædere(n, -gaderen, -gaddre, -geddre, tegedere & (?error) togare, (error) -gredre. For forms togedor, togudre, todedyr, todidyr, toigedere, dogadre, thogedyr see LALME 4.268-70.
Etymology OE tōgædere, tōgædre, tōgad(e)re, tōged(e)re.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. al togeder, al-togeder phr. & adv.
1a.
(a) So as to be present in one place; into a group; into an assembly; (b) comen ~, of two persons or groups: to come into one another's presence, meet; also, gather together, assemble; (c) so as to accumulate; into an accumulated mass.
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1b.
(a) In a group; as one company; (b) as a pair; in each other's company; also, in a state of marriage or cohabitation; (c) in a heap; as an accumulated mass.
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2.
(a) So as to be attached; in a joined state; also, so as to leave no opening; (b) so as to be held together; into a bundle; also, into a continuous mass; (c) so as to unify; so as to turn into a coherent whole; so as to unite within the same body; (d) so as to blend into one compound or mixture; as one compound or mass; also, so as to combine; (e) as one body or unit; also, as or into one substance; also, as quasi-adj.: intact.
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3.
(a) With each other; to each other; also with pun on sense 5.(a) [quot. c1475]; also, mutually; reciprocally; (b) in a state of hostility to each other; in opposition; (c) in relation to each other.
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4.
(a) Amicably, companionably; in friendly companionship; ~ in fere; (b) as one; in concert; also, compatibly; in unison; (c) cooperatively; in conjunction; jointly [quots. a1425 & c1475(?c1400) could also be construed as sense 10.]; also, so as to work toward the same end; comen ~, to agree; (d) equally; (e) joinen wittes ~, leien (putten) hedes ~, to confer; oure hedes were ~, we conferred.
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5.
(a) So as to bring into proximity; in proximity; also, in or into contact; (b) physically against each other; also, in battle with each other; (c) in or into a state of sexual union.
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6.
In or into an ordered collection.
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7.
(a) In sum; (b) collectively; also, as a whole; also, so as to make a total.
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8.
(a) At the same time, simultaneously; (b) successively; without interruption, continuously; also, so as to form a continuous stretch of time.
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9.
(a) Used with gerunds to form a combination with the general sense of mutuality or combination: metinge ~, assembly; spekinge ~, dialogue; strivinge ~, strife; etc.; (b) with no semantic content in literal renderings of Latin verbs with the prefix com-, con- where the prefix has lost its meaning or has been reduced to an intensifier.
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10.
In comb. with with prep., used prepositionally: ~ with, along with (sb. or sth.); as well as (sth.);—also with tmesis and inverted word order.
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