Old English · noun
tocyme
Normalised tōcyme
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtoːˌky.me/
- Syllables
- ˈtoː · ˌky · me (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- arrivalto-cometocomeapproachcoming
Meaning
-
arrival, approach, coming
Þēos tīd oþ midne winter is ġecweden Adventus Dominī, þæt is "Dryhtnes tōcyme."
This time until midwinter is called Adventus Domini, that is "the coming of the Lord."
c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday of the Lord's Advent"
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Equivalent to tō- + cyme.
Descendants
to-come, tocome
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