- hámcyme
- m (-es/-as) home-coming, return
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
hámcyme
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homecoming — homecomer, n. /hohm kum ing/, n. 1. a return to one s home; arrival at home. 2. an annual event held by a college, university, or high school for visiting alumni. [1325 75; 1930 35 for def. 2; ME homcomyng; r. ME hamcume, OE hamcyme, equiv. to… … Universalium
homecoming — mid 13c. in literal sense of a coming home, from HOME (Cf. home) + prp. of COME (Cf. come). Cf. O.E. hamcyme return. Attested from 1935 in U.S. high school dance sense. Used earlier in Britain in reference to the annual return of natives to the… … Etymology dictionary
