a. or adv. Obs. exc. Sc. Also 4 aȝt-sum. [f. on the analogy of OE. phrases like syxa sum one of six, where the numeral is in genit. pl. See EIGHT and SOME, and cf. Sc. twasome, threesome.]
Eight together. Eightsome-reel (after foursome), a kind of dance in which eight persons take part.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 411. Hym aȝt-sum in þat ark as aþel god lyked.
1843. Blackw. Mag., LIII. 615. The eightsome-reel of the heptarchy became the pas-seul of the kingdom of England.
