cuman

sv/i4 3^rd pres cymþ past cóm/on, cwóm/on ptp is gecumen 1. to come, go, happen; cuman ongunnon they attempted to come; of movement, (1) to a place; wé cómon tó þǽm mere we came to the lake; (2) from a place, to get away; híe nisten hú híe þanon cómen they would not know how they would come from there; 1a. with infinitive of verbs of motion, forming a sort of periphrastic conjugation for such verbs; cóm gán micel draca a great dragon came; cóm gangan he came; cóm swimman he swam; 2. cuman is used with the infinitive expressing manner or purpose; secgancymeþ shall come to say; cóm féran came walking, happened to walk; cóm lǽdan came leading, came to lead; sunnan léoma cymþ scínan a sunbeam shall come shining or begin to shine; cóm grétan came to greet; cóm weorc scéawian come to view the work; 3. to be transferred to another state; þá ne wiste hé hwǽr hé cóm he didn't know what had become of him; 4. to come to; (1) of persons, to reach a state, condition, attain, get to; oft þá forcúðestan menn cumaþ tó þǽm ánwealde often the most known men come to power; (2) of things, to come to be, become, turn out, amount to; hit cymþ éow tó wuldre it turned out to be a glory for you; 5. (1) \cuman of to come from, (a) to be derived from; ofersprǽc cymþ of þǽre oferwiste; (b) to leave; hé cóm of þǽm campdóme he left the military service; (c) to escape from; of þǽm cnihtum þe cómon of þǽm hungre from the boys who escaped from hunger; (2) \cuman úp to be born in a country; Hilarion wæs úp gecumen in Palistina mǽgðe Hilarion was born in Palestine; (2a) \cuman úp to land; (3) \cuman forþ to be carried out successfully, succeed; gif se áþ forþ cume if the oath is carried out successfully; 6. to happen to; hé cymþ him sáre pain happens to him; 7. in address; hé cwæþ hire tó: 'wel þu cóme, ac cum tó ús' he said to her, "you would come well, but come to us"; 8. to come to, to recover; eft þá þá hé cóm…again he then came to; 9. w.d. object, to put, bring; hé hine ácsode hwǽr hé his mǽgcildum cumen hæfde he asked himself, where he had put his young kinsmen; 10. with past participle, to become, get; þá cóm Gallicanus éac tó Gode gebogen then Gallicanus also got converted; 11. ge\cuman come together, arrive, assemble; 11a. ge\cuman to go, depart; 12. tógadere/tógædre/tógædere \cuman to engage in battle; 13. tósomne \cuman to engage in battle