c1425 Eng. Conq.Irel. xxxix. 98Yolowe her & *sam-crysp.
1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3416Ȝut ichabbe leuere *samded hom ouercome Þan hol & sound be ouercome.
a1023 Wulfstan Hom. l. (Napier) 273Nu ne beoþ naht fela manna ætsamne, ðæt heora sum ne si seoc and *samhal.
a1300 Cursor M. 5153, I mai noght rise, i am sam-hale.
Ibid. 13262Þe sam-hale fast til him þai soght.
1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 311Chiboles and chiruylles and chiries *sam-rede . [ MS. M. *sam-ripe]
c1425 Eng. Conq.Irel. xxi. 54 (Dubl.MS. )He was samroed, with grey eghen.
c1440 Ibid. xxxvi. 89 (Rawl.MS. )The kynge henry the othyr, was a man same rede . [ Dubl. MS. saunrede]
a1000 Ecgberti Confessionale §40 Ᵹif man awiht blodiᵹes þicᵹe on healf-sodenum mete. [ MSS. X.Y. *sam-sodenum]
1825 Jennings Obs. Dial. W.Eng. 85Any thing heated for a long time in a low heat so as to be in part spoiled, is said to be zamzodden.
1891 ‘Q.’ (Quiller-Couch) Noughts & Cr. 97,I'm afeard you'm o' no account,..but sam-sodden if I may say so.
ORIGIN: Old English sam- = Old Saxon , Old High German sām- , from Germanic from Indo-European base also of semi- .
sam-
\(|)sam\ prefix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sāmi- half — more at semi-
dialect England : half
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dialect England
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