Old English · noun
som
Normalised sōm
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /soːm/
- Syllables
- soːm (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- agreementdifferencessetting asideconcorddisputereconciliationaside
Meaning
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agreement, concord
Hē sċeal bēon symle ymbe sōme and ymbe sibbe.
He shall always be engaged in promoting concord and peace.
11th century, Institutes of Polity: -
reconciliation, a setting aside of differences
Bisċeopum ġebȳraþ, ġyf ǣniġ ōðrum ābelġe, ðæt man geþyldiġe ōð gefērena sōme.
It is appropriate for bishops, if any should anger others, that one be patient until the companions' reconciliation.
11th century, Institutes of Polity: -
a meeting for agreement, arrangement of dispute
Ðā ðūhte ūs eallan ðe æt ðǣre sōme wǣran,..
Then it seemed to all of us that were at the agreement,..
early 10th century, Letter to King Edward explaining the history of land at Fonthill:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sōmu, from Proto-Germanic *sōmō, related to *sōmiz (“seemly”). Related to Old Norse sǿmr.
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