Participles
| Present | cumende |
| Past | (ġe)cumen; (ġe)cymen |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cume |
| 2nd sing. | cymest; cymst |
| 3rd sing. | cymeþ; cymþ |
| 1st plur. | cumaþ |
| 2nd plur. | cumaþ |
| 3rd plur. | cumaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | cōm; cwōm |
| 2nd sing. | cōme; cwōme |
| 3rd sing. | cōm; cwōm |
| 1st plur. | cōmon; cwōmon |
| 2nd plur. | cōmon; cwōmon |
| 3rd plur. | cōmon; cwōmon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cume |
| 2nd sing. | cume |
| 3rd sing. | cume |
| 1st plur. | cumen |
| 2nd plur. | cumen |
| 3rd plur. | cumen |
Past
| 1st sing. | cōme; cwōme |
| 2nd sing. | cōme; cwōme |
| 3rd sing. | cōme; cwōme |
| 1st plur. | cōmen; cwōmen |
| 2nd plur. | cōmen; cwōmen |
| 3rd plur. | cōmen; cwōmen |
Verbs conjugated like 'cuman'
cuman,
Verbs similar to 'cuman'
ancuman,
becuman,
buan,
bugan,
calan,
cegan,
celan,
cemban,
cepan,
cidan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. See: Proto-Germanic '
*kwemaną', Proto-Indo-European '
*gʷémt'.
Verbs referencing "cuman"
English
come, Latin
venio, English
queme, Greek, Ancient
βαίνω, Old English
cweman.
Sample Sentences
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Hē cōm hām ġiestran niht swīðe late. (He came home last night so late.)
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Hwanon cōme þū? (Where did you come from?)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Purification of St. Mary"
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Ēlā, hwænne cymð sē Hǣlend? (Ah! when will the Saviour come?)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
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Hāt cuman tō mē þone cristenan mann... (Bid the Christian man come to me,...)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl. (We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.)
Cognates
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