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wilcumian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wilcumian, p. ode
To welcome, bid welcome, greet, salute
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  • Gyf gé ðæt án dóð, ðæt gé eówre gebróðra wylcumiaþ (welcumieð (later version); hǽlo beádas ł wilcyma, Lind.

    si salutaveritis fratres vestros tantum

    .
      Mt. Kmbl. 5, 47.
  • Ðæt folc . . . wellcumiaþ Fénix,

      Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 45.
  • Basilius sende him tógeánes, and hine wylcumode,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3, 507.
  • Hine wylcumede se cásere, and cwæð him to mid blysse,

      7, 339.
  • Wil-cumiga (wilcymogie (wilcymo gié ? v. preceding word), Lind.) ł groeta

    salutari

    ,
      Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 38.
Etymology
[He wilcumede hine to londe, Laym. 10957. To wulcumen Mærlin, 17098. Þe lilie wolcumeþ (wel-, v. l.) me, O. and N. 440. Faiger welcumede he Eliezer, Gen. and Ex. 1396.]
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v. ge-wilcumian, and preceding word.
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v.  wellcumian.
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