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to come, get,
local, of completed movement (arrival, traverse)
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  • Ecbyrht becuman wolde on Germaniam . . . ac hé ne mihte; ac Wihtbyrht ðyder becom . . . and eft wæs hám hweorfende on Scotland, þanon hé ǽr becom,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • Sch. 589, 5-12.

  • Hé lange wunode wræclástum. . . . Syððan forð becom,

    • Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • P. 194, 10.

  • Ðæt word becom tó Neróne,

      Bl. H. 173, 35.

  • Siþþan eástan hider Engle and Seaxe up becóman,

    • Chr. 937
      • ;
    • P. 110, 4.

  • Hí ofer sǽ becómon,

    • 1052
      • ;
    • P. 182, 7.

  • Hí becóman on án

    convenerunt in unum,

      Ps. Spl. 2, 3.

  • Farað gesunde and gesǽlige becumað

    have a good journey and a happy return,

      Hml. S. 6, 89.

  • Gif þú wǽre wegférende and þú þonne becóme on þeófsceole,

    • Bt. 14, 3
      • ;
    • F. 46, 26.

  • Tógædere becuman,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 643.
of attack:--
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  • Hié on Ahténe ungearwe becóman and hié gefliémdon,

    • Ors. 3, 1
      • ;
    • S. 98, 15.
of coming into the world, birth:--
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  • Þá þú ǽrest tó monnum becóme

    cum te matris ex utero natura produxit,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • F. 20, 10.

  • Hé hider becom of his Fæder ríce,

      Bl. H. 203, 2.
temporal
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  • Hé tó þám seofoþan dæge ne becymð

    he will not live till the seventh day,

      Lch. iii. 76, 23.

  • Ðá þá seó hálige tíd lenctenfæstenes becom on þone drihtenlican dæg

    when Lent had got to the Sunday,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 649.
where a state, condition, position, is reached,
to come to power, get into trouble
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  • Gif hé on ríce becymð

    si ad regiminis culmen eruperit,

      Past. 35, 12.

  • Gé becumað on micle yfelu,

      Deut. 31, 29.

  • Hé becom on hatunga his herges,

      Bl. H. 193, 1.

  • Hé becom tó ðǽre cynelican geðincðe,

      Hml. Th. i. 80, 34.

  • Þeós ǽ becom tó gýmeleáste

    this law fell into neglect,

      Angl. vii. 8, 71.

  • Becuman tó þǽm écean lífe,

      Bl. H. 77, 21.

  • Ne magon ðider fullíce becuman ðá stæpas ðæs weorces ðieder ðe hé wilnað

    quo desiderium innititur, illuc gressus oferis efficaciter non sequuntur,

      Past. 65, 17.

  • Hí on his anwald becumene wǽron,

    • Chr. 1067
      • ;
    • P. 201, 22.
    • ¶ becuman tó to become:--

  • Seó éhtnys him ne becymð tó nánre eádignysse

    the persecution does not become a blessing to them,

      Hml. Th. i. 552, 32, 34.

  • Seó lease wyriung becymð þám rihtwísum tó bletsunge,

      554, 22.

  • Ꝥ hit him tó forwyrde becume,

      Angl. vii. 28, 261.

  • Þeáh þe hit ús becóme tó écere álýsednysse,

      Hml. S. 27, 178.

  • Him tó gemynde þá mihton becuman,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 30.
of acquirement,
to come to, by
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  • Ǽrþon þe hé tó his leómum becóme,

      Bl. H. 167, 2.

  • Hí him gefylstan ꝥ hié eft tó hiora ágnum becóman

    vindicati sunt et restituti,

    • Ors. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 162, 21.

  • Ꝥ hié mósten tó þǽm sáwlum becuman,

    • 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 102, 21.
where something is received,
to cometo a person :--
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  • Swá hwæt swá gé biddað . . . hit eów becymð (-cymeð, L. R.),

      Mk. 11, 24.
of recourse
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  • On ðás word ic becom þe lǽs ǽnig man leóge

    I had recourse to these words lest any man lie,

      Bl. H. 177, 33.
of events, to come upon,
to befall
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  • Ꝥ wíte þe nǽnig ende ne becymeþ,

      Bl. H. 51, 31.

  • Gif him ǽnig hearm of þám drence becymð,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 32, 38.

  • Se grama þe ofer mannum becymð,

      Hml. Th. ii. 538, 28: Wlfst. 201, 6.

  • Him siþþan becom on micel hungor . . . him becom on þæt Deniscæ gewin,

    • Ors. 6, 13
      • ;
    • S. 268, 8-10.

  • Þá sorga þe on woruld becumað,

      89, 14.

  • Ðá bisgu þe on þá rícu becómon,

      Bt. proœm. 7.

  • Þára þinga þe ús on becwómon,

      Nar. 14, 23.

  • Gif ús on niht uncúðes hwæt on becwóme

    si quis noctu oriretur pavor tumultusque aliquis novus,

      13, 2.

  • Ús wæs swælc geswencnis becymen,

      14, 31.
to become, behove
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  • Gif ic scile ł becyme mec ꝥ ic efne gesuelta ðé

    etsi oportuerit me commori tibi,

      Mk. L. 14, 31.
Etymology
[
Goth. bi-kwiman
:
O. Frs. bi-kuma
:
O. H. Ger. bi-queman.
]
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v. ofer-becuman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-cuman.” 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/39665.

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