gold unrīme grimme gecēapod,
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
Beowulf
): acc.
sg.
hīe on gebyrd
hruron gāre wunde, 1075.
ge-byrdu, st. f. , _birth_; in compound, bearn-gebyrdu.
byrdu-scrūd, st. n. , _shield-ornament, design upon a shield_(? ): nom. sg. ,
2661.
byre, st. m. , (_born_) _son_: nom. sg. , 2054, 2446, 2622, etc. ; nom. pl.
byre, 1189. In a broader sense, _young man, youth_: acc. pl. bǣdde byre
geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
byrðen, st. f. , _burden_; in comp. mægen-byrðen.
byrele, st. m. , _steward, waiter, cupbearer_: nom. pl. byrelas, 1162.
byrgan, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_: inf. , 448.
ge-byrgea, w. m. , _protector_; in comp. lēod-gebyrgea.
byrht. See _beorht_.
byrne, w. f. , _shirt of mail, mail_: nom. sg. byrne, 405, 1630, etc. ;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of interlaced rings, 1246; acc. sg.
byrnan, 1023, etc. ; sīde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde
byrnan, 2616; hāre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat. sg. on
byrnan, 2705; gen. sg. byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i. e.
the shirt of mail), 2261; dat. pl. byrnum, 40, 238, etc. ; beorhtum byrnum,
_with gleaming mail_, 3141. --Comp. : gūð-, here-, heaðo-, īren-,
īsern-byrne.
byrnend. See beornan.
byrn-wiga, w. m. , _warrior dressed in a coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 2919.
bysgu, bisigu, st. f. , _trouble, difficulty, opposition_: nom. sg. bisigu,
281; dat. pl. bisgum, 1744, bysigum, 2581.
bysig, adj. , _opposed, in need_, in the compounds līf-bysig, syn-bysig.
bȳme, w. f. , _a wind-instrument, a trumpet, a trombone_: gen. sg. bȳman
gealdor, _the sound of the trumpet_, 2944.
bȳwan, w. v. , _to ornament, to prepare_: inf. þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan
sceoldon, _who should prepare the helmets_, 2258.
C
camp, st. m. , _combat, fight between two_: dat. sg. in campe (Bēowulf's
with Dæghrefn; cempan, MS. ), 2506.
candel, st. f. , _light, candle_: nom. sg. rodores candel, of the sun,
1573. --Comp. woruld-candel.
cempa, w. m. , _fighter, warrior, hero_: nom. sg. æðele cempa, 1313; Gēata
cempa, 1552; rēðe cempa, 1586; mǣre cempa (as voc. ), 1762; gyrded cempa,
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp. cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc. pl. cēnoste, 206. --Comp. : dǣd-, gār-cēne.
ceald, adj. , _cold_: acc. pl. cealde strēamas, 1262; dat. pl. cealdum
cearsīðum, _with cold, sad journeys_, 2397. Superl. nom. sg. wedera
cealdost, 546;--Comp. morgen-ceald.
cearian, w. v. , _to have care, to take care, to trouble one's self_: prs.
sg. III. nā ymb his līf cearað, _takes no care for his life_, 1537.
cearig, adj. , _troubled, sad_: in comp. sorh-cearig.
cear-sīð, st. m. , _sorrowful way, an undertaking that brings sorrow_, i. e.
a warlike expedition: dat. pl. cearsīðum (of Bēowulf's expeditions against
Ēadgils), 2397.
cearu, st. f. , _care, sorrow, lamentation_: nom. sg. , 1304; acc. sg.
[ceare], 3173. --Comp. : ealdor-, gūð-, mǣl-, mōd-cearu.
cear-wælm, st. m. , _care-agitation, waves of sorrow in the breast_: dat.
pl. æfter cear-wælmum, 2067.
cear-wylm, st. m. , same as above; nom. pl. þā cear-wylmas, 282.
ceaster-būend, pt, _inhabitant of a fortified place, inhabitant of a
castle_: dat. pl. ceaster-būendum, of those established in Hrōðgār's
castle, 769.
cēap, st. m. , _purchase, transaction_: figuratively, nom. sg. næs þæt ȳðe
cēap, _no easy transaction_, 2416; instr. sg. þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre
gebohte, heardan cēape, _although the one paid it with his life, a dear
purchase_, 2483.
ge-cēapian, w. v. , _to purchase_: pret. part.
gold unrīme grimme gecēapod,
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
be-ceorfan, st. v. , _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and
instr. of the thing): pret. hine þā hēafde becearf, _cut off his head_,
1591; similarly, 2139.
ceorl, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. snotor ceorl monig, _many a wise man_, 909;
dat. sg. gomelum ceorle, _the old man_ (of King Hrēðel), 2445; so, ealdum
ceorle, of King Ongenþēow, 2973; nom. pl. snotere ceorlas, _wise men_, 202,
416, 1592.
cēol, st. m. , _keel_, figuratively for the ship: nom. sg. , 1913; acc. sg.
cēol, 38, 238; gen. sg. cēoles, 1807.
cēosan, st. v. , _to choose_, hence, _to assume_: inf. þone cynedōm cīosan
wolde, _would assume the royal dignity_, 2377; _to seek_: pret. subj. ǣr hē
bǣl cure, _before he sought his funeral-pile_ (before he died), 2819.
ge-cēosan, _to choose, to elect_: gerund, tō gecēosenne cyning ǣnigne
(sēlran), _to choose a better king_, 1852; imp. þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m. , _boy, youth_: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, _to these boys_
(Hrōðgār's sons), 1220.
cniht-wesende, prs. part. , _being a boy_ or _a youth_: acc. sg. ic hine
cūðe cniht-wesende, _knew him while still a boy_, 372; nom. pl. wit þæt
gecwǣdon cniht-wesende, _we both as young men said that_, 535.
cnyssan, w. v. , _to strike, to dash against each other_: pret. pl. þonne
. . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the bold warriors dashed against each other,
stormed_ (in battle), 1329.
collen-ferhð, -ferð, adj. , (properly, _of swollen mind_), _of uncommon
thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others,
high-minded_: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Bēowulf, 1807; collen-ferð, of
Wīglāf, 2786.
corðer, st. n. , _troop, division of an army, retinue_: dat. sg. þā wæs . . .
Fin slægen, cyning on corðre, _then was Fin slain, the king in the troop_
(of warriors), 1154; of corðre cyninges, _out of the retinue of the king_,
3122.
costian, w. v. , _to try_; pret. (w. gen. ) hē mīn costode, _tried me_, 2085.
cofa, w. m. , _apartment, sleeping-room, couch_: in comp. bān-cofa.
cōl, adj. , _cool_: compar. cearwylmas cōlran wurðað, _the waves of sorrow
become cooler_, i. e. the mind becomes quiet, 282; him wīflufan . . . cōlran
weorðað, _his love for his wife cools_, 2067.
cræft, st. m. , _the condition of being able_, hence: 1) _physical
strength_: nom. sg. mægða cræft, 1284; acc. sg. mægenes cræft, 418; þurh
ānes cræft, 700; cræft and cēnðu, 2697; dat. (instr. ) sg. cræfte, 983,
1220, 2182, 2361. --2) _art, craft, skill_: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg. eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.
cuma (_he who comes_), w. m. , _newcomer, guest_: nom. sg. 1807. --Comp. :
cwealm-, wil-cuma.
cuman, st. v. , _to come_: pres. sg. II. gyf þū on weg cymest, _if thou
comest from there_, 1383; III. cymeð, 2059; pres. subj. sg. III. cume, 23;
pl. þonne wē ūt cymen, _when we come out_, 3107; inf. cuman, 244, 281,
1870; pret. sg. cōm, 430, 569, 826, 1134, 1507, 1601, etc. ; cwōm, 419,
2915; pret. subj. sg. cwōme, 732; pret. part. cumen, 376; pl. cumene, 361.
Often with the inf. of a verb of motion, as, cōm gongan, 711; cōm sīðian,
721; cōm in gān, 1645; cwōm gān, 1163; cōm scacan, 1803; cwōmon lǣdan, 239;
cwōmon sēcean, 268; cwōman scrīðan, 651, etc.
be-cuman, _to come, to approach, to arrive_: pret. syððan niht becōm,
_after the night had come_, 115; þē on þā lēode becōm, _that had come over
the people_, 192; þā hē tō hām becōm, 2993. And with inf.
hruron gāre wunde, 1075.
ge-byrdu, st. f. , _birth_; in compound, bearn-gebyrdu.
byrdu-scrūd, st. n. , _shield-ornament, design upon a shield_(? ): nom. sg. ,
2661.
byre, st. m. , (_born_) _son_: nom. sg. , 2054, 2446, 2622, etc. ; nom. pl.
byre, 1189. In a broader sense, _young man, youth_: acc. pl. bǣdde byre
geonge, _encouraged the youths_ (at the banquet), 2019.
byrðen, st. f. , _burden_; in comp. mægen-byrðen.
byrele, st. m. , _steward, waiter, cupbearer_: nom. pl. byrelas, 1162.
byrgan, w. v. , _to feast, to eat_: inf. , 448.
ge-byrgea, w. m. , _protector_; in comp. lēod-gebyrgea.
byrht. See _beorht_.
byrne, w. f. , _shirt of mail, mail_: nom. sg. byrne, 405, 1630, etc. ;
hringed byrne, _ring-shirt_, consisting of interlaced rings, 1246; acc. sg.
byrnan, 1023, etc. ; sīde byrnan, _large coat of mail_, 1292; hringde
byrnan, 2616; hāre byrnan, _gray coat of mail_ (of iron), 2154; dat. sg. on
byrnan, 2705; gen. sg. byrnan hring, _the ring of the shirt of mail_ (i. e.
the shirt of mail), 2261; dat. pl. byrnum, 40, 238, etc. ; beorhtum byrnum,
_with gleaming mail_, 3141. --Comp. : gūð-, here-, heaðo-, īren-,
īsern-byrne.
byrnend. See beornan.
byrn-wiga, w. m. , _warrior dressed in a coat of mail_: nom. sg. , 2919.
bysgu, bisigu, st. f. , _trouble, difficulty, opposition_: nom. sg. bisigu,
281; dat. pl. bisgum, 1744, bysigum, 2581.
bysig, adj. , _opposed, in need_, in the compounds līf-bysig, syn-bysig.
bȳme, w. f. , _a wind-instrument, a trumpet, a trombone_: gen. sg. bȳman
gealdor, _the sound of the trumpet_, 2944.
bȳwan, w. v. , _to ornament, to prepare_: inf. þā þe beado-grīman bȳwan
sceoldon, _who should prepare the helmets_, 2258.
C
camp, st. m. , _combat, fight between two_: dat. sg. in campe (Bēowulf's
with Dæghrefn; cempan, MS. ), 2506.
candel, st. f. , _light, candle_: nom. sg. rodores candel, of the sun,
1573. --Comp. woruld-candel.
cempa, w. m. , _fighter, warrior, hero_: nom. sg. æðele cempa, 1313; Gēata
cempa, 1552; rēðe cempa, 1586; mǣre cempa (as voc. ), 1762; gyrded cempa,
2079; dat. sg. geongum (geongan) cempan, 1949, 2045, 2627; Hūga cempan,
2503; acc. pl. cempan, 206. --Comp. fēðe-cempa.
cennan, w. v. : 1) _to bear_, w. acc. : efne swā hwylc mægða swā þone magan
cende, _who bore the son_, 944; pret. part. þǣm eafera wæs æfter cenned,
_to him was a son born_, 12. --2) reflexive, _to show one's self, to reveal
one's self_: imp. cen þec mid cræfte, _prove yourself by your strength_,
1220.
ā-cennan, _to bear_: pret. part. nō hīe fæder cunnon, hwæðer him ǣnig wæs
ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, _they_ (the people of the country) _do not know
his_ (Grendel's) _father, nor whether any evil spirit has been before born
to him_ (whether he has begotten a son), 1357.
cēnðu, st. f. , _boldness_: acc. sg. cēnðu, 2697.
cēne, adj. , _keen, warlike, bold_: gen. p. . cēnra gehwylcum, 769. Superl. ,
acc. pl. cēnoste, 206. --Comp. : dǣd-, gār-cēne.
ceald, adj. , _cold_: acc. pl. cealde strēamas, 1262; dat. pl. cealdum
cearsīðum, _with cold, sad journeys_, 2397. Superl. nom. sg. wedera
cealdost, 546;--Comp. morgen-ceald.
cearian, w. v. , _to have care, to take care, to trouble one's self_: prs.
sg. III. nā ymb his līf cearað, _takes no care for his life_, 1537.
cearig, adj. , _troubled, sad_: in comp. sorh-cearig.
cear-sīð, st. m. , _sorrowful way, an undertaking that brings sorrow_, i. e.
a warlike expedition: dat. pl. cearsīðum (of Bēowulf's expeditions against
Ēadgils), 2397.
cearu, st. f. , _care, sorrow, lamentation_: nom. sg. , 1304; acc. sg.
[ceare], 3173. --Comp. : ealdor-, gūð-, mǣl-, mōd-cearu.
cear-wælm, st. m. , _care-agitation, waves of sorrow in the breast_: dat.
pl. æfter cear-wælmum, 2067.
cear-wylm, st. m. , same as above; nom. pl. þā cear-wylmas, 282.
ceaster-būend, pt, _inhabitant of a fortified place, inhabitant of a
castle_: dat. pl. ceaster-būendum, of those established in Hrōðgār's
castle, 769.
cēap, st. m. , _purchase, transaction_: figuratively, nom. sg. næs þæt ȳðe
cēap, _no easy transaction_, 2416; instr. sg. þēah þe ōðer hit ealdre
gebohte, heardan cēape, _although the one paid it with his life, a dear
purchase_, 2483.
ge-cēapian, w. v. , _to purchase_: pret. part.
gold unrīme grimme gecēapod,
_gold without measure, bitterly purchased_ (with Bēowulf's life), 3013.
be-ceorfan, st. v. , _to separate, to cut off_ (with acc. of the pers. and
instr. of the thing): pret. hine þā hēafde becearf, _cut off his head_,
1591; similarly, 2139.
ceorl, st. m. , _man_: nom. sg. snotor ceorl monig, _many a wise man_, 909;
dat. sg. gomelum ceorle, _the old man_ (of King Hrēðel), 2445; so, ealdum
ceorle, of King Ongenþēow, 2973; nom. pl. snotere ceorlas, _wise men_, 202,
416, 1592.
cēol, st. m. , _keel_, figuratively for the ship: nom. sg. , 1913; acc. sg.
cēol, 38, 238; gen. sg. cēoles, 1807.
cēosan, st. v. , _to choose_, hence, _to assume_: inf. þone cynedōm cīosan
wolde, _would assume the royal dignity_, 2377; _to seek_: pret. subj. ǣr hē
bǣl cure, _before he sought his funeral-pile_ (before he died), 2819.
ge-cēosan, _to choose, to elect_: gerund, tō gecēosenne cyning ǣnigne
(sēlran), _to choose a better king_, 1852; imp. þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m. , _boy, youth_: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, _to these boys_
(Hrōðgār's sons), 1220.
cniht-wesende, prs. part. , _being a boy_ or _a youth_: acc. sg. ic hine
cūðe cniht-wesende, _knew him while still a boy_, 372; nom. pl. wit þæt
gecwǣdon cniht-wesende, _we both as young men said that_, 535.
cnyssan, w. v. , _to strike, to dash against each other_: pret. pl. þonne
. . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the bold warriors dashed against each other,
stormed_ (in battle), 1329.
collen-ferhð, -ferð, adj. , (properly, _of swollen mind_), _of uncommon
thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others,
high-minded_: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Bēowulf, 1807; collen-ferð, of
Wīglāf, 2786.
corðer, st. n. , _troop, division of an army, retinue_: dat. sg. þā wæs . . .
Fin slægen, cyning on corðre, _then was Fin slain, the king in the troop_
(of warriors), 1154; of corðre cyninges, _out of the retinue of the king_,
3122.
costian, w. v. , _to try_; pret. (w. gen. ) hē mīn costode, _tried me_, 2085.
cofa, w. m. , _apartment, sleeping-room, couch_: in comp. bān-cofa.
cōl, adj. , _cool_: compar. cearwylmas cōlran wurðað, _the waves of sorrow
become cooler_, i. e. the mind becomes quiet, 282; him wīflufan . . . cōlran
weorðað, _his love for his wife cools_, 2067.
cræft, st. m. , _the condition of being able_, hence: 1) _physical
strength_: nom. sg. mægða cræft, 1284; acc. sg. mægenes cræft, 418; þurh
ānes cræft, 700; cræft and cēnðu, 2697; dat. (instr. ) sg. cræfte, 983,
1220, 2182, 2361. --2) _art, craft, skill_: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg. eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.
cuma (_he who comes_), w. m. , _newcomer, guest_: nom. sg. 1807. --Comp. :
cwealm-, wil-cuma.
cuman, st. v. , _to come_: pres. sg. II. gyf þū on weg cymest, _if thou
comest from there_, 1383; III. cymeð, 2059; pres. subj. sg. III. cume, 23;
pl. þonne wē ūt cymen, _when we come out_, 3107; inf. cuman, 244, 281,
1870; pret. sg. cōm, 430, 569, 826, 1134, 1507, 1601, etc. ; cwōm, 419,
2915; pret. subj. sg. cwōme, 732; pret. part. cumen, 376; pl. cumene, 361.
Often with the inf. of a verb of motion, as, cōm gongan, 711; cōm sīðian,
721; cōm in gān, 1645; cwōm gān, 1163; cōm scacan, 1803; cwōmon lǣdan, 239;
cwōmon sēcean, 268; cwōman scrīðan, 651, etc.
be-cuman, _to come, to approach, to arrive_: pret. syððan niht becōm,
_after the night had come_, 115; þē on þā lēode becōm, _that had come over
the people_, 192; þā hē tō hām becōm, 2993. And with inf.
