wilcume

Old English

Alternative forms

• wilcuma, wilcuman
• wilcymo — Northumbrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

wilcume

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

     Wilcymo lā ðū gōda ðeġn ⁊ lēaffull, forðon ofer lytla ðū wēre lēafull, ofer moniġo ðeh iċ setto, ġeong in glædnisse hlāferdes ðīnes.

     Welcome, good and faithful servant, because you were faithful over a few things, I will place you over many; go in the 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.