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
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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 -
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
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną, equivalent to be- + cuman.
Descendants
become
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