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cuman

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Grammar
cuman, p. cóm, coom.
Wright's OE grammar
§109; §121; §232; §282; §288; §310; §472; §488; §504;
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of movement,
to a place
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  • On þyssum eálande cóm upp Agustinus

    in hac insula adplicuit Augustinus,

      Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 52, 8.

  • Hannibal him cóm þwyres on,

      Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 15.

  • Hé hiene raðe gefliémde þæs hié tógædere cómon,

      5, 13; S. 246, 5.

  • Þá cwómon wé tó þǽm mere,

      Nar. 12, 6: 13, 10.

  • Mon cymen wæs of Alexandres herewícum,

      18, 8.
from a place,
to get away
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  • Þæt hié nysten hú hié þonan cómen,

      Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 16.
  • I a. with infinitive :-- Off

  • Cóm ðǽr gán in tó mé Wísdóm,

      Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 17.
to be transferred to another state
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  • Þá ne wiste hé hwǽr hé cóm (cwóm,

    v. l.) he did not know what had become of him;

    disparuit,
      Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 159, 1.

  • Ne wiste ic hwǽr mín ládþeów cóm (becóm,

    v. l.

    ),
      5, 12; Sch. 619, 2.

  • Hwǽr cóm seó frætwodnes heora húsa? . . . oþþe hwǽr cóm heora snyttro?,

      Bl. H. 99, 27, 31.

  • Hwǽr cóm middaneardes gestreón? hwǽr cóm worulde wela? hwǽr cóman þá þe geornlícost ǽhta tiledan?,

      Wlfst. 263, 21-3: Wand. 92.
to come to.
of persons,
to reach a state, condition
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  • Oft þá forcúþestan men cumað tó þám anwealde,

      Bt. 16, 3; F. 54, 21.

  • Hwelc sé bión sceal ðe tó reccenddóme cuman sceal,

      Past. 61, 5.
of things,
to come to be, become, turn out, amount to
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  • Hit cymð eów tó wuldre,

      Hml. S. 25, 250, 253.

  • Ꝥ cymð tó gefeán,

      Lch. iii. 154, 16.

  • Ne cóm seó hreów*-*sung tó nánre þrowunge

    usque ad cruciatum non perveniret poenitentia,

      Past. 419, 14.

  • Hit cóm tó þám, . . . þæt hé geceás him leorningcnihtas,

      Wlfst. 17, 9.

  • Þá cóm hit tó wítenne þám eorlum,

      Chr. 1052; P. 177, 13.
cuman of
to come from,
to be derived from
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  • Ofer*-*sprǽc cymeð of ðǽre oferwiste,

      Past. 313, 10.

  • Hira demm ðe him of ðǽm gestreónum cymð oððe coom (cóm,

    v. l.

    ),
      345, 2.
to leave
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  • Wilnian æt þám cásere ꝥ hé of þám campdóme cuman móste,

      Hml. S. 31, 100.
to escape from
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  • Of þám cnihtum þe cómon of þám hungre,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 19.
cuman úp
to be born in a country
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  • Hilarion wæs úp cymen in Palistina mǽgðe,

      Shrn. 141, 6.
cuman forþ
to be carried out successfully, succeed
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  • Gif se áð forð cume,

      Ll. Th. i. 392, 30.

  • Gif seó lád forð cume . . . gif heó forð ne cume,

      394, 22, 23.
to happen to
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  • Hit cymð him sáre,

      Ps. Th. 7, 14.

  • Cymen mé mildse ðíne

    veniant mihi miserationes tuae,

      Ps. Srt. 118, 77.
in address
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  • Hé cwæð hire tó: 'Wel þú cóme; ac cum tó ús on éce reste,

      Shrn. 60, 19.
to come to, to recover
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  • Hé læg bútan andgite. Eft ðá ðá hé cóm, þá hét hé hine ferigan tó Hiericho,

      Hml. Th. i. 86, 27.
with dat. of object, to put, bring (cf.
Icel. koma with dat.)
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  • Hé hine áhsode hwǽr hé his mǽg-cildum cumen hæfde,

      Lch. iii. 426, 1.
with past ptcpl.,
to become, get
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  • Þá cóm Gallicanus eác tó Gode gebogen

    then Gallicanus also got converted,

      Hml. S. 7, 336.

  • Nim wulle be ne cóm nǽfre áwaxen

    take wool which never got washed,

      Lch. iii. 122, 14.
Similar entries
v. efen-, under-cuman; tó-cumende, útan-cumen, -cymen, and cwom in Dict.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “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/42221.

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