Middle English Dictionary Entry
tọ̄̆yẹ̄nes adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | tọ̄̆yẹ̄nes adv. Also (early) toȝeines, -geanes. |
| Etymology | OE tōgeagnes, tōgēanes, tōgēnes adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In reply; also, in exchange [1st quot.]; (b) before.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)50/22 : Þa het se wiðersaca onfon þære hlafen, & ageofen þan biscope togeanes gærs, & cwæð, 'He bead us nytene fode, underfo he gærs to leane.'
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.DD (Lamb 487)45 : Þa seide paul him mildeliche to ȝeines, 'Louerd..ic bidde þe..þet þu heom ȝefe rest.'
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Roy 17.A.27)61/534 : Ȝet cweð þis meiden, ant seide..him toȝeines, [etc.].
b
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)145 : Þos word he seide et sumtime to-ȝeines þet he walde þis lif forleten.