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be-cuman

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
be-cuman, he -cymþ; p. -com, -cwom, pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen; v. intrans.
Wright's OE grammar
§14; §647;
to BECOME, happen, befall, meet with, fall in with; contingere, evenire, supervenire, incidere
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  • Syððan niht becom

    after it had become night, or night had come,

    • Beo. Th. 231
      • ;
    • B. 115
      • .

  • Oft becymþ se ánweald ðisse worulde to swíðe gódum monnum

    often cometh the power of this world to very good men,

    • Bt. 39, 11; Fox 228, 18
      • .

  • Ðǽm gódum becymþ ánfeald ýfel

    to the good happens unmixed evil,

    • Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 224, 29
      • .

  • Him ðæs grim leán becom

    this grim retribution happened to them,

    • Cd. 2 ; Th. 3, 36
      • ;
    • Gen. 46
      • .

  • Him becómon fela yrmþa

    much misery befell them,

    • Ælfc. T. 41, 21
      • .

  • Becom

    evenit,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 18
      • .

  • He becom on ða sceaðan

    he fell among thieves,

    • Lk. Bos- 10, 30
      • :
    • R. Ben. 65
      • .
to come, enter, come or attain to, come together; venire, ingredi, pervenire, attingere, concurrere
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  • In ða ceastre becuman meahte

    thou mightest come into the city,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1858
      • ;
    • An. 931
      • .

  • Hannibal to ðam lande becom

    Hannibal came to that land,

    • Ors. 4, 8 ; Bos. 90, 14
      • .

  • Gehlýde mín to ðé becume

    clamor meus ad te perveniat,

    • Ps. Th. 101, 1
      • .

  • Ic eft up becom éce dreámas

    I again on high attained to eternal joys,

    • Cd. 224; Th. 297, 4
      • ;
    • Sat. 512
      • .

  • Becumen sí

    concurratur,

    • R. Ben. 43
      • .

  • Becumendum to Segor

    venientibus in Segor,

    • Gen. 13, 10
      • .
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v.  be-com be-cwom be-cymþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “be-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/3274.

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