Middle English Dictionary Entry
ayẹ̄n-cǒmen v. (or phr.)
Entry Info
| Forms | ayẹ̄n-cǒmen v. (or phr.) |
| Etymology | Partly modeled on L; cp. cǒmen ayẹ̄n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To come back (to a person or place), return; (b) of something lost: to be recovered, return; (c) to go toward, go to meet, to meet or encounter (sth.); ~ to, to go to meet (sb.), encounter (sb.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10616 : Þis word aȝæncom [Otho: aȝeincom] to Carrais þon stronge.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25415 : Ælc wes ham iuare..And raðe a-ȝæin comen [Otho: aȝeincome] cnihtes to hireden.
b
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)136/20 : There shall..no hepe of tresure that may make his roialme ayeyne come, ne his lordshuppe, yf he haue hit loste, agayne to wynne.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)144/66 : Mirth [of] ayencoming helth hath me glad[d]ed and gretly comforted.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.21.14 : Aȝencomende [L occurrentes] to the thristi, berth water.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ex.23.4 : If thou aȝen come to [WB(2): meetist] the ox of thin enemy..lede aȝen to hym.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Deut.1.44 : Amorre gon out..and aȝen comynge [L obviam veniens] pursuede vs.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)2 Kings 18.9 : Absolon aȝencam [L occurreret] to the seruauntis of Dauid, sittynge vpon a muyl.