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sam-, prefix Obs. exc. dial.|sæm|
[OE. sam-, repr. (with vowel-shortening usual in compounds) prehistoric *sǽm-:—W.Ger. *sâmi- (e.g. in OS. sâmquik, OHG. sâmiqueck = OE. samcucu ‘half-quick’, semianimis):—OTeut. *sǣmi-:—Indogermanic *sēmi-: see semi-.]
= half-, in various adjs. as sam-crisp, sam-dead, sam-red, sam-ripe; sam-hale, ‘half-whole’, in poor health; sam-sodden, half cooked, half done; also fig. ‘half baked’, stupid.
c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. xxxix. 98 Yolowe her & *sam-crysp.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 3416 Ȝut ichabbe leuere *samded hom ouercome Þan hol & sound be ouercome.
a1023Wulfstan Hom. l. (Napier) 273 Nu ne beoþ naht fela manna ætsamne, ðæt heora sum ne si seoc and *samhal. a1300Cursor M. 5153, I mai noght rise, i am sam-hale. Ibid. 13262 Þe sam-hale fast til him þai soght.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 311 Chiboles and chiruylles and chiries *sam-rede [MS. M. *sam-ripe]. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. xxi. 54 (Dubl. MS.) He was samroed, with grey eghen. c1440Ibid. xxxvi. 89 (Rawl. MS.) The kynge henry the othyr, was a man same rede [Dubl. MS. saunrede].
a1000Ecgberti Confessionale §40 Ᵹif man awiht blodiᵹes þicᵹe on healf-sodenum [MSS. X.Y. *sam-sodenum] mete. 1825Jennings Obs. Dial. W. Eng. 85 Any 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. |