hamcyme
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *haimakumiz, equivalent to hām + cyme. Cognate with Old Norse heimkváma, heimkoma (“homecoming”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hāmcyme m (nominative plural hāmcymas)
- a homecoming; return
Declension edit
Declension of hamcyme (strong i-stem)
Descendants edit
- Middle English: ham-cume, hame-come, hom-kome, hom-come
- ⇒ Middle English: hom-comyng
- English: homecoming
- Scots: hame-cumming
- ⇒ Middle English: hom-comyng