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
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.
      He saw then that no doctor could heal him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.

Descendants

  • English: togains
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