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Old English · verb

becuman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class IV
IPA
/beˈku.mɑn/
Syllables
be · ˈku · mɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
toreach

Meaning

  1. to come near, by, around, to, or into; to reach

    Đes ylca apostol and godspellere becōm, þurh Godes sande, æfter Drihtnes upstiġe to heofenum, tō Ethiopian, þæt is ðǣra Silhearwena rīce, and ġemette þǣr tweġen drȳmen, Zoroes and Arfaxað, dweliende þæt folc mid heora drȳcræfte.

    After the Lord's ascension to heaven, this same apostol and evangelist arrived in Ethiopia, that is, Silhearwena rice, through God's sending, where he met two sorcerers, Zoroes and Arfaxath, who were leading the people astray with their sorcery.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. to come to pass; to come about; to happen, occur

    Þæt seofode wīte wæs, þæt swā miċel ðunor and hagol becōm on ðām lēodsċipe, þæt...ǣlċ trēow on ðām earde tōbǣrst.

    The seventh plague was that there was such great thunder and hail in that country, that...every tree in the land split in two.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Conjugation

Conjugation of becuman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular becumebecōmbecwōm
2nd singular becymestbecymstbecōmebecwōme
3rd singular becymeþbecymþbecōmbecwōm
Plural becumaþbecōmonbecwōmon
Subjunctive
Singular becumebecōmebecwōme
Plural becumenbecōmenbecwōmen
Non-finite forms of becuman
Form
Infinitive becuman
Inflected infinitive becumenne
Imperative singular becum
Imperative plural becumaþ
Present participle becumende
Past participle becumenbecymen

All forms (20)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną, equivalent to be- + cuman.

Descendants

become

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