Sam

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sam

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sam

conj. Whether, or (cf. swá. . . swá= whether . . . or) :-- Sara hi þyrfon, sam hí ne þurfon, hí willaþ ðeáh. Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 92, 29. Sam wé willan, sam wé nyllan, 34, 12 ; Fox 154, 7: 40, 1; Fox 234, 34. Hý gedóþ ðæt ǽgðer fætels biþ oferfroren sam hit sý sumor, sam winter, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 21, 17. Sam hý fæsten sam hý ne fæsten omni tempore siue jejunii siue prandii, R. Ben. 66, 14. Sam hé hine miclum lufige, sam hé hine lytlum lufige, sam hé hine mydlinga lufige. Shrn. 194, 13. Wið wunda som hý sýn of íserne, som hý sýn of stence, oððe fram nædran, Lchdm. i. 166, 9. [Sam. . . sam whether. . . or, O. E. Homl. ii. 107, 8.] sam,sam-

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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