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Old English · noun

cuma

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈku.mɑ/
Syllables
ˈku · mɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
gueststranger

Meaning

  1. guest

    Fēower and fīftiġ. Be cumena andfenġe.

    54. On the receiving of guests.

    c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

  2. stranger

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35

    I was a stranger and you invited me in.

Declension

Declension of cuma
SingularPlural
Nominative cumacuman
Accusative cumancuman
Genitive cumancumena
Dative cumancumum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kumô, equivalent to cuman + -a.

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