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forþ-cuman

  • verb [ strong ]
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forþ-cuman, he -cymeþ, -cymþ, pl. -cumaþ; p. -com, pl. -cómon; subj. pres. -cume, -cyme, pl. -cumen, -cymen; pp. -cumen, -cymen
To come forth or forward, proceed, succeed, arrive; procēdĕre, pervĕnīre, advĕnīre
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  • Metod héht leóht forþcuman

    the Creator bade light to come forth,

    • Cd. 6
      • ;
    • Th. 8, 11
      • ;
    • Gen. 122.

  • Ðonne forþcumaþ fyrenfulra þreát híge onlíc

    cum exŏrientur peccātōres sicut fēnum,

    • Ps. Th. 91, 6.

  • Siððan hit forþcume

    after it is come forth;

    postquam nātus sit,
    • L. M. I. P. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 268, 6.

  • Ðæt ǽlc spræc hæbbe ándagan hwænne hit forþcume

    that every suit have a term when it shall come forward,

    • L. Ed. 11
      • ;
    • Th. i. 164, 21.

  • Gif se áþ forþcume

    if the oath succeed,

    • L. Eth. i. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 280, 15
      • ;
    • 282, 7.

  • Ðæt he forþcume to ðǽm gesǽlþum

    that he may arrive at the felicities,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 21, 16
      • ;
    • Met. 21, 8.

  • Ðonne ic forþcyme

    when I come forth.

    • Exon. 125 a
      • ;
    • Th. 480, 28
      • ;
    • Rä. 64, 8.

  • Wæs forþcumen geóc æfter gyrne

    comfort was come forth after sorrow,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3167
      • ;
    • An. 1586.

  • Forþcymene,

    pp. pl. come forth.

    • Exon. 104 a
      • ;
    • Th. 394, 28
      • ;
    • Rä. 14, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “forþ-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/11831.

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