toyenes

toyenes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• (preposition): toyens, toyeines, toyans, toyeans, toȝenes, toȝens, toȝeines, toȝennes, toȝaines, toȝanes, toȝæines, toȝenste, toȝenst, toȝeinst, togenes, togeanes, toganes, togænes, tojanes, tegenes
• (adverb): toȝeines, togeanes
• (conjunction): toȝenste, toȝenst

Etymology

From Old English tōgeagnes, tōgēanes.

Preposition

toyenes

1. Towards, with hostility; against.
2. In defence against.
3. In opposition to something, often for moral or philosophical reasons.
4. Placed in physical proximity to; abutting.
5. In the presence of.
6. Facing towards something.
7. On the topic of; concerning.

Adverb

toyenes

1. As part of an exchange; in reply, in return.
2. Prior to; before.

Conjunction

toyenes

1. Until.

Related terms

• toayens
• toyen

References

• “tọ̄̆yẹ̄nes, (prep.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 April 2018.
• “tọ̄̆yẹ̄nes, (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 April 2018.
• “tọ̄̆yẹ̄nes, (conj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 April 2018.