wilcume

Old English

Alternative forms

• wilcuma
• wilcuman
• wilcymo — Northumbrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwil.ku.me/, [ˈwiɫ.ku.me]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiljakumô. Compare wilcuma (“welcome guest”), formed from the same root. Cognate with Old High German willicumo

Interjection

wilcume

1. welcome
   • 8th century, Lindisfarne Gospels Saint Matthew, translation, Chapter 25, verse 23,

     Wilcymo lā dgoda ך lēaffull, forðon ofer lytla ðū wēre lēafull, ofer moniġo ðeh ic setto, ġeong in glædnisse hlāferdes ðīnes.

     Welcome O good one and faithful, for over little you were faithful, over many I put you, young in gladness of your lord.

See also

• wilcuma

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wil-cume”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.