Obs. [OE. sóm, ablaut-variant of the stem sam-: see SAME a.] Agreement, concord, peace. Usu. coupled with saught(ness) or sib. (Cf. SOME a.2)
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., II. 198. Ðam dom-bocum þe Se Heofenlica Wealdend his folce ʓesette to some, and to sehtnysse.
a. 1011. Laws Ethelred, vi. 25 (Liebermann). Beo eallum Cristenum mannum sibb and som ʓemæne, and ælc sacu totwæmed.
c. 1205. Lay., 4099. Heo speken þer to sæhte, to sibbe and to some.
c. 1225. Ancr. R., 426. Þis is o þing, þet is God leouestseihnesse & some.
c. 1275. Holy Chirch, 15, in O. E. Misc. For hi heolden cristes men myd sib and myd some.