"comen" meaning in Middle English

See comen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkumən/
Etymology: From Old English coman, cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman. Past forms in -a- are by analogy with other class 4 strong verbs; e.g. stal, past of stelen. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=3}}, {{inh|enm|ang|coman}} Old English coman, {{m|ang|cuman}} cuman, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*kweman}} Proto-West Germanic *kweman, {{m|enm|stal}} stal, {{m|enm|stelen}} stelen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} comen, {{enm-verb|||cam|comen|stem=com}} comen (third-person singular simple present cometh, present participle comende, comynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative cam, past participle comen) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|com|cam|com|com|2a=com|3a=cam|c=4|y=p2}} Forms: cometh [present, singular, third-person], comende [participle, present], comynge [participle, present], cam [first-person, indicative, past, singular, third-person], comen [participle, past], strong [table-tags], comen [infinitive], to comen [infinitive], come [infinitive], come [first-person, present, singular], cam [first-person, past, singular], com [first-person, past, singular], comest [present, second-person, singular], come [past, second-person, singular], came [past, second-person, singular], cam [past, second-person, singular], com [past, second-person, singular], cometh [present, singular, third-person], cam [past, singular, third-person], com [past, singular, third-person], come [present, singular, subjunctive], come [past, singular, subjunctive], came [past, singular, subjunctive], come [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], comen [plural, present], come [plural, present], comen [past, plural], come [past, plural], camen [past, plural], came [past, plural], cometh [imperative, plural, present], come [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], comynge [participle, present], comende [participle, present], comen [participle, past], come [participle, past], ycome [participle, past]
  1. to come Synonyms: cumen
    Sense id: en-comen-enm-verb-InxwJN6G Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "english": "There came at nightfall to that hostelry\nSome nine and twenty in a company",
          "ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24",
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Middle English terms with quotations",
        "Middle English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There came at nightfall to that hostelry\nSome nine and twenty in a company",
          "ref": "c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24",
          "roman": "Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye",
          "text": "At nyght was come into that hostelrye",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkumən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cumen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "comen"
}

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