swinc-leás
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Wé sceolon on andwerdum lífe hine herian, ðæt wé móton becuman tó ðære swincleásan herunge, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 9
hlytman
to allot
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Wé sculon tilian þæt wé tó þám écan gefeán becuman móton. þæt bið ǽlc man tó his yldrum hlytmeð(-ed?), Verc. Först. 167
ceafl-ádl
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Disease of the jaws Him becumað on missenlica ádla . . . sweorcoþu, ceafládl (cealf-, MS.), Lch. ii. 240, 20
deáþlicness
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H. 17, 24. mortal life, this world Tó þínre mildheortnesse becuman of þisse deáðlicnesse, Angl. xii. 509, 19
sceaþ-full
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Hurtfull, noxious Wé becumað fram þám ídlan wordum tó þám sceaðfullum (sceð-, v. l.) ut ab otiosis ad noxia verba veniamus, Gr. D. 209, 26
weoruld-hád
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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24
swǽs
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Add ꝥ wé ne beón beswicene þurh ðá swǽsan lustas þe of oferflówednysse eallum þám becumað þe búton wærscipe heora woruld ádreógað, Hml. S. 11, 359
ge-wyrde
Speech ⬩ conversation ⬩ collection of words ⬩ sentence ⬩ rule[?]
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Ðæt ic mǽge sum rust on weg adrífan of mínre tungan ðæt ic mǽge becuman to brǽddran gewyrde that I may clear some rust away from my tongue, so that I may attain to more copious speech, Shrn. 35, 22. Wísra gewyrdum by the rules of wise men, Menol.
on-bring
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Ealle þá yfelan geþanc þe þé on heortan becumaþ þurh deófles onbrincg, Angl. xii. 513, 24. Add
un-swefen
A bad dream
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A bad dream Sing ðis ylce gebed on niht ǽr ðu tó ðínum reste gá, ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternessum on menn becumaþ, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22
Linked entry: swefen
nihternness
Night-time
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Night-time Ðonne gescylt ðé God wið unswefnum ðe nihternnessum on menn becumaþ then will God protect thee against evil dreams that come to men at nights, Lchdm. iii. 288, 22
cóþu
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Coða becumað erunt pestilentiae, 538, 29. Wurdon gehǽlede mettrume menn fram mislicum coþum, Hml. S. 26, 193: 27, 131. Ǽlcne man warnian wið þás deófollican coðe, þæt is wið þás hellican unþeáwas, Wlfst. 245, 21: Angl. viii. 337, 7
irfeweardness
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Þonne Godes gecorenan becumað tó deáðe, ðonne gemétað hí yrfwyrdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 29. Tóhopa ðǽre écan ierfeweardnesse (hereditatis), Past. 391, 30. Mid yrfweard-nysse, Ps. L. 36, 34. On yrfwerdnysse in herediiate, Scint. 148, 4. Add
un-gelimplíce
Unseasonably ⬩ unhappily
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Hér is ðære lyfte fágetung ðurh mislíce stormas ðe ungelimplíce becumaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 538. 33
Linked entry: ge-limplíce
á-cwilmian
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To suffer Ðá ðá tó helle becumaþ, ne cumaþ hig nǽfre tó reste, ah ðár ácwylmiaþ mid sáule on ðám líchaman ǽfter dómes dæge, Wlfst. 220, 5. Sý hé betáht ðám deófle intó helle grunde and ðǽr ácwylmie, búte geswíce, C. D. iv. 107, 17
teohhian
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. :-- Hé teohhode fæstende becuman tó mynstre jejunus pervenire decreverat, Gr. D. 128, 27. Add
ge-tǽse
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Eác hi sint tó monienne ðætte hit. nó ne geliéfen ðætte ðá willan and ðá getǽsu ðe him on ðisse worulde becumað sién leán ne subsidia itineris in obstacula perventionis vertant . . .
glædlíce
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Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þurh seofon, and swá glædlíce wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes, Angl. viii. 302, 39. of ready, willing action, cheerfully, with alacrity Ꝥ Crístes lofu neádwíse wé gelǽstan glædlíce ( alacriter ), Hy.
un-gemetgung
Want of moderation ⬩ excess ⬩ intemperance
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Want of moderation, excess, intemperance 'Coda becumaþ.' Efne hér is foresǽd manna líchamana ungemetegung and geswencednys, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 30.
Linked entries: ge-metgung un-gemetegung
sám-lǽred
Imperfectly taught
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Barbarismus and solocismus bécumaþ of ðam sámlǽredum leáslíce geclypode oððe áwritene, Ælfc. Gr. 50, 22 ; Som. 51, 52