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cyme

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §386; §562;
A coming, an approach, advent; adventus
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  • Me is ðín cyme on myclum þonce

    gratus mihi est multum adventus tuus,

    • Bd. 4,
      • 9;
    • S. 577, 21: Exon. 21a
      • ;
    • Th. 56,
      • 8;
    • Cri. 897: 21a
      • ;
    • Th. 57,
      • 10;
    • Cri. 916: 44b
      • ;
    • Th. 152,
      • 2;
    • Gú. 802: 56b
      • ;
    • Th. 201,
      • 9;
    • Ph. 53: 69b
      • ;
    • Th. 258,
      • 3;
    • Jul. 259
      • .

  • Wearþ Húna cyme cúþ ceasterwarum

    the approach of the Huns was known to the citizens,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 82
      • ;
    • El. 41
      • .

  • He ongeat ðone intingan heora cymes

    he understood the cause of their coming,

    • Bd. 2,
      • 2;
    • S. 504, 1
      • .

  • He wítgode hú his ealdormenn sceoldon fægnian his cymes of his wræcsíðe

    he prophesied how his chief men should rejoice at his coming from his banishment,

    • Ps. Th. arg. 23
      • .

  • Syxtygum wintra ǽr Cristes cyme

    sixty [of] years [winters] before the coming of Christ,

    • Bd. 1,
      • 2;
    • S. 475, 4: Exon. 23a
      • ;
    • Th. 64,
      • 1;
    • Cri. 1031: 100a
      • ;
    • Th. 376,
      • 30;
    • Seel. 162: 57b
      • ;
    • Th. 205,
      • 4;
    • Ph. 107: 59b
      • ;
    • Th. 214,
      • 27;
    • Ph. 245: 68a
      • ;
    • Th. 252,
      • 11;
    • Jul. 161: Elen. Kmbl. 2454
      • ;
    • El. 1228
      • .

  • Morgensteorra bodaþ ðære sunnan cyme

    the morning star announces the sun's approach,

    • Bt. 39,
      • 13;
    • Fox 234,
      • 4.

  • Hyht wæs geniwad þurh ðæs beornes cyme

    hope was renewed through the chief's coming,

    • Exon. 15b
      • ;
    • Th. 33,
      • 24;
    • Cri. 530: 47a
      • ;
    • Th. 160,
      • 17;
    • Gú. 945: 56b
      • ;
    • Th. 200,
      • 28;
    • Ph. 47: 63a
      • ;
    • Th. 231,
      • 16;
    • Ph. 490: Cd. 151
      • ;
    • Th. 189,
      • 4;
    • Exod. 179: Elen. Kmbl. 2170
      • ;
    • El. 1086
      • .

  • Þurh mínne cime

    through my coming,

    • Cd. 29
      • ;
    • Th. 39,
      • 1;
    • Gen. 618
      • .

  • Gefégon beornas burhweardes cyme

    the men rejoiced at the coming of the prince,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1320
      • ;
    • Ah. 660: Menol. Fox 62
      • ;
    • Men. 31
      • .

  • Ic ne wát hwonan his cymas [MS. cyme] sindon

    I know not whence his comings are,

    • Exon. 50b
      • ;
    • Th. 175,
      • 18;
    • Gú. 1196: Beo. Th. 520
      • ;
    • B. 257
      • .
Derived forms
be-cyme, eft-, forþ-, from-, geán-, hér-, hider-, hleóðor-, ofer-, ongeán-, seld-, þrym-, to-, up-, ymb-, ym-
Linked entries
v.  cime.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cyme.” 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/7083.

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  • cyme, n.

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