For-cuman

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

for-cuman

p. -com, -cwom. pl. -cómon, -cwómon; pp. -cumen, -cymen To surpass, overcome, destroy, harass, wear out; supĕrāre, vexāre:-- Hæfde ðá se snotra sunu Dauides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl then had the wise son of David overcome and surpassed in knowledge the earl of the Chaldeans, Salm. Kmbl. 353; Sal. 176: Andr. Kmbl. 2651; An. 1327. Yrfe ðin eall forcóman hæredĭtātem tuam vexāvērunt, Ps. Th. 93, 5. Bring us hǽlo líf, wérigum wíteþeówum, wópe forcymenum bring to us weary slaves, worn out by weeping, a life of health, Exon. 10a; Th. 10, 13; Cri. 151. [O. Sax. far-kuman; Ger. ver-kommen to overcome, destroy.] for-cuman