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Old English · adjective

cyme

Normalised cȳme

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈkyː.me/
Syllables
ˈkyː · me (2 syllables)
Modern English
adventexquisitecomelycomingarrivallovelycomeapproach

cyme1 · adjective

Senses

  1. comely, lovely, splendid, beautiful

  2. exquisite

Declension

Strong declension of cyme
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative cȳmecȳmucȳmocȳme
Accusative cȳmnecȳmecȳme
Genitive cȳmescȳmrecȳmes
Dative cȳmumcȳmrecȳmum
Instrumental cȳmecȳmrecȳme
Plural
Nominative cȳmecȳmacȳmecȳmucȳmo
Accusative cȳmecȳmacȳmecȳmucȳmo
Genitive cȳmracȳmracȳmra
Dative cȳmumcȳmumcȳmum
Instrumental cȳmumcȳmumcȳmum
Weak declension of cyme
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative cȳmacȳmecȳme
Accusative cȳmancȳmancȳme
Genitive cȳmancȳmancȳman
Dative cȳmancȳmancȳman
Instrumental cȳmancȳmancȳman
Plural
Nominative cȳmancȳmancȳman
Accusative cȳmancȳmancȳman
Genitive cȳmracȳmenacȳmracȳmenacȳmracȳmena
Dative cȳmumcȳmumcȳmum
Instrumental cȳmumcȳmumcȳmum

cyme2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. coming, arrival; advent, approach

    ...ymb fēower ⁊ fēowertiġ wintra Ongolcynnes cȳmes in Breotone

    ...about forty-four years after the arrival of the Angles in Britain.

    late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

  2. an event

  3. an outcome, result

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of cyme
SingularPlural
Nominative cymecymas
Accusative cymecymas
Genitive cymescyma
Dative cymecymum

All forms (16)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūmiz (“delicate, feeble”). Akin to Old High German kūmo (“tender, dainty, weak”) (German kaum (“hardly”)), (Dutch kuim (“weak; hardly”)).

From Proto-West Germanic *kumi, from Proto-Germanic *kumiz (“arrival”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, come”). Akin to Old Frisian keme, Old Saxon kumi, Old High German cumi (“arrival”), Gothic (qums), Old English cuman (“to come”). More at come.

Descendants

come

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