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cuma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cuma, an ; m. [cum, imp. of cuman to come ; -a, termination, q. v.]
Wright's OE grammar
§401; §562;
A comer, guest, stranger ; advena, hospes
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  • Ic wæs cuma

    eram hospes,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 35, 38, 43: Wrt. Voc. 86, 43
      • .

  • Mon cýðe cynewordum, hú se cuma hátte

    let a man make known in fitting words, how the guest is called,

    • Exon. 112b
      • ;
    • Th. 430, 30; Rä. 44, 16: Beo. Th. 3616
      • ;
    • B. 1806
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  • Gúþlác swýðe blíðe wæs ðæs heofonlícan cuman

    Guthlac was right glad of the heavenly guest,

    • Guthl. 4
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 30, 2
      • .

  • Fram eallum ðám cumum

    a cunctis hospitibus,

    • Bd. 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 6
      • .

  • Metodes þeów grétan eóde cuman

    the Lord's servant went to meet the guests,

    • Cd. 111
      • ;
    • Th. 146, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 2431
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  • Ðæt he wolde ǽlcne cuman swíde árlíce underfón

    that he would very honourably receive every stranger,

    • Bt. 16, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 52, 31
      • .

  • Cuman árfæste

    righteous strangers,

    • Cd. 114
      • ;
    • Th. 150, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 2486
      • .

  • Cómon Sodomware cuman acsian

    the inhabitants of Sodom came to demand the strangers,

    • 112
      • ;
    • Th. 148, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 2453: Ors. l, 8
      • ;
    • Bos. 31, 4
      • .

  • Cumena árþegn

    an attendant of guests,

    • Bd. 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 4
      • .

  • Cumena búr

    a guest-chamber,

    • 4, 31
      • ;
    • S. 610, 11
      • .

  • Cumena inn

    a guesthouse, an inn,

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 7: 22, 11
      • .

  • Cumena inn

    a guest-house, an inn,

    • Greg. Dial. 2, 22
      • .

  • Cumena wícung

    a guest-dwelling, an inn,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 58
      • ;
    • Som. 67, 85
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 11
      • .
Derived forms
cwealm-cuma , wil-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cuma.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6805.

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