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wil-cuma

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wil-cuma, an; m.
One whose coming is pleasant, a welcome person (or thing)
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  • Mé is ðín cyme on myclum ðonce, and ðú eart leóf wilcuna

    grains mihi est multum adventus tui, et bene venisti

    ,
    • Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22.

  • Leóf wilcuma Frysan wífe,

    • Exon. Th. 339, 17; Gn. Ex. 95.

  • Hé wilcuman (

    Christ come to hell

    ) grétte : ‘ Ðé ðæs þonc sié, ðæt ðú ús sécan woldest, '
    • 462, 26; Hö. 58.

  • Ðegnas cwóman, geségon wilcuman heofones Waldend,

    • 35, 7; Cri. 554.

  • Gé sind wilcuman. Cd. Th. 303,

    • 22; Sat. 617
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 794; B. 394.

  • Hié synt wilcuman Deniga leódum,

    • 782 ; B. 388: 3792; B. 1894.

  • Ic hæleþum bodige wilcumena fela (

    many welcome things

    ) wóþe mínre,
    • Exon. Th. 391, 4 ; Rä. 9, II.
Etymology
[
Wulcume (welcome, 2nd MS. ) ært þu, swíðe leof þu ært me,
  • Laym. 8528.
His lauerd alse wilcume swa he weoren his sune,
  • 4901.
Cum aȝean, wilkume schaltu beon me,
  • A. R. 394, 17.
Ich am hire wel welcume,
  • O. and N. 1600.
Ðu and ðin trume ben to me welcume,
  • Gen. and Ex. 1830.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wil-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/35721.

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