togeanes

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Middle English[edit]

Preposition[edit]

togeanes

  1. Alternative form of toyenes

Adverb[edit]

togeanes

  1. Alternative form of toyenes

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An adverbial genitive form of togægn.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /toːˈjæ͜ɑː.nes/

Adverb[edit]

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[edit]

tōġēanes

  1. against, towards

Descendants[edit]

  • English: togains
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