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sompne (s.xii1)

The form sonne is a cross reference to the following entry:

sompne (s.xii1)

somne,  soum,  soump;  sum,  sumne,  sumpne  (sonne Salemon 3978)  
  FEW:  somnus 12,92b Gdf:  som 3 7,483b GdfC:  somme 3 10,685b TL: some 1 9,813 DEAF:  some 1  DMF:  somme 3  TLF:  somme3  OED: MED: DMLBS:  somnus 3130c

s.

sleep, rest
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Dormirent lur somne, e neient ne truverent tuit hume de richeises en lur mains  Oxf Ps ANTS 86.75.5
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  mut ai dormi des hier, Mes ne prist sum mis quors, ne mis penser, Kar un sunge sungai  S Aub 216
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sudeynement Un petyt soump la supryst  S Fran ANTS 8554
donner sompne a
to (let) rest
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Si je durrai sumne a mes oilz, e a mes palpieres summeil  Camb Ps 238.CXXXI.4
tenir lung sompne
to sleep late
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Asez matin levat sus, Kar il ne tint pas lunges sumne  S Clem ANTS 1839

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See also:

primsumme  primsummelin  someil  someiller  someilleus  sompnier  sompnolent  sompnolence 
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