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#: {{ux|ang|Hwanon '''cōme''' þū?|Where did you '''come''' from?}}
#: {{ux|ang|Hwanon '''cōme''' þū?|Where did you '''come''' from?}}
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/IX "On the Purification of St. Mary"]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/IX "On the Purification of St. Mary"]
#*: {{quote|ang|''Ēlā, hwænne '''cymð''' sē Hǣlend?''|Ah! when will the Saviour '''come'''?}}
#*: {{quote|ang|Ēlā, hwænne '''cymð''' sē Hǣlend?|Ah! when will the Saviour '''come'''?}}
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/310/mode/2up?q= "Saint George, Martyr"]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/310/mode/2up?q= "Saint George, Martyr"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Hāt '''cuman''' tō mē þone cristenan mann...|Bid the Christian man '''come''' to me,...}}
#*: {{quote|ang|Hāt '''cuman''' tō mē þone cristenan mann...|Bid the Christian man '''come''' to me,...}}
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=2xobVW92JLcC&pg=PA248 "On the Greater Litany"]
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=2xobVW92JLcC&pg=PA248 "On the Greater Litany"]
#*: {{quote|ang|''Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān '''cymþ''', ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.''|We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person '''comes''', another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.}}
#*: {{quote|ang|Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān '''cymþ''', ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.|We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person '''comes''', another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.}}


====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====

Revision as of 23:28, 11 April 2024

See also: Cuman

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.

Verb

cuman

  1. to come

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: cōmen
    • Dutch: komen, kommen
      • Afrikaans: kom
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: kumu
      • Javindo: kom
      • Jersey Dutch: kôme
      • Negerhollands: kom
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: kum, com, come
    • Limburgish: kómme

Further reading

  • “kuman”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-.

Pronunciation

Verb

cuman

  1. to come
    Hē cōm hām ġiestran niht swīðe late.
    He came home last night so late.
    Hwanon cōme þū?
    Where did you come from?
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
      Ēlā, hwænne cymð sē Hǣlend?
      Ah! when will the Saviour come?
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
      Hāt cuman tō mē þone cristenan mann...
      Bid the Christian man come to me,...
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.
      We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.

Usage notes

"To come to [do something]" is often expressed with the bare infinitive: Wē cōmon þā sunnan stelan ("We came to steal the sun").

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuman (strong class 4)
infinitive cuman cumenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular cume cōm, cwōm
second person singular cymest, cymst cōme, cwōme
third person singular cymeþ, cymþ cōm, cwōm
plural cumaþ cōmon, cwōmon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular cume cōme, cwōme
plural cumen cōmen, cwōmen
imperative
singular cum
plural cumaþ
participle present past
cumende (ġe)cumen, (ġe)cymen

Derived terms

Descendants

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cuman m

  1. milking pail
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