Obs. [OE. ʓemána: see MONE sb.1, MENE, MEAN a.1]
1. Companionship, fellowship.
c. 888. Ælfred, Boeth., v. § 1. Þonne wære he mid his aʓnum cynne … þonne he wæs on ðara ryhtwisena ʓemanan.
a. 1175. Cott. Hom., 245. For ðan þe se helende underfeng þa sinfullan, and ham mid imone hafede.
c. 1205. Lay., 21308. Þeh þe wulf beon ane buten ælc imane [c. 1275 one … imone].
c. 1260. K. Horn. (Camb. MS.), 834. Sire, ischal al one Wiþute more ymone … Bringe hem þre to deþe.
2. Sexual intercourse.
c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Mark xii. 25, rubric. Ne ceorl hæfis wifes ʓemana.
c. 1275. Wom. Samaria, 32, in O. E. Misc., 85. Nabbe ich of wepmonne nones kunnes y-mone.
c. 1275. Annunc. Virg., 10, ibid. 100. Hw myhte hit iwurþe þat ich were myd childe, Monnes imone on me ne may nomon fynde.
c. 1205. Lay., 25916. Ne mihte þat maide his imone [c. 1205 mone] þolie.
c. 1315. Shoreham, V. 28. Hy wyþ-oute mannes ymone In body,… To manne hyne broute.
3. A companion. (? A scribal error.)
a. 1300. K. Horn (Harl. MS.), 530. He nolde gon is one, Athulf wes hys ymone [Camb. MS. mone].
