† somnev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To assemble, gather, collect, unite.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)]
somnec825
heapc900
gathera975
samc1000
to set togetherc1275
fang1340
assemblec1374
recueilc1380
drawa1393
to draw togethera1398
semblea1400
congatherc1400
congregatec1400
to take together1490
recollect1513
to gather togetherc1515
to get together1523
congesta1552
confer1552
collect1573
ingatherc1575
ramass1586
upgather1590
to muster upa1593
accrue1594
musterc1595
compone1613
herd1615
contract1620
recoil1632
comporta1641
rally1643
rendezvous1670
purse1809
adduct1824
to round up1873
reeve1876
to pull together1925
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β. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2554 Þa weoren al þas leoden. at Lundene isomed [c1300 Otho isomned].c1275 Laȝamon Brut 18631 Þo hii to-gadere weren alle hi-somed.c825 Vesp. Psalter cxxviii. 7 Of ðæm ne gefylleð..his sceat se ðe reopan somnað.
OE Phoenix 193 Þonne feor ond neah þa swetestan somnað ond gædrað wyrta wynsume ond wudubleda to þam eardstede.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 135 In halie chirche þer alle cristene men aȝen to beon isomned to gedere.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 141 Wuld þu dealen atwaþet god haueð isompned.
a1250 Prov. Ælfred 34 in Old Eng. Misc. He ou wolde wyssye..hw ye myhte..eure saule somnen to criste.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15288 Þer heo gunnen somnien [c1300 Otho somni] scipen uniuoȝen.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2072 He somenede [c1300 Otho somnede] færd.
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