Old English · interjection
wilcume
- Part of speech
- interjection
- IPA
- /ˈwil.ku.me/[ˈwiɫ.ku.me]
- Syllables
- ˈwil · ku · me (3 syllables)
Meaning
Unclear; perhaps well done, hooray, or in later years welcome. Glosses Latin euge.
Wilcymo lā ðū gōda ðeġn ⁊ lēaffull, forðon ofer lytla ðū wēre lēafull, ofer moniġo ðeh iċ setto, ġeong in glædnisse hlāferdes ðīnes.
Well done, good and faithful servant; because you were faithful over a few things, I will place you over many; go in the gladness of your lord.
8th century, Lindisfarne Gospels Saint Matthew, translation, Chapter 25, verse 23,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô. Compare wilcuma (“welcome guest”), formed from the same root. Cognate with Old High German willicumo
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