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Old English · adverb

togeanes

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/toːˈjæ͜ɑː.nes/
Syllables
toː · ˈjæ͜ɑː · nes (3 syllables)
Modern English
togainstowardsagainst

togeanes1 · adverb

Senses

  1. towards

    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.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "ON THE PURIFICATION OF ST. MARY"

togeanes2 · preposition

Senses

  1. against, towards

    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.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Etymology

An adverbial genitive form of togægn.

Descendants

togains

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