Old English Dictionary Entry

Hider-cyme

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 hider-cyme

m. A coming hither, to this world, advent; -- Ðín hidercyme thy advent, Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 12; Cri. 367. Fram Cristes hidercyme ab incarnatione Domini, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 16: 1. 4; S. 475, 26. On his hidercyme in his coming hither [to Hell], Blickl. Homl. 87, 2, 11. Hidercyme ðínne on wráþra geweald thy coming hither into the power of enemies, Andr. Kmbl. 2634; An. 1318: Exon. 10a; Th. 9, 29; Cri. 142: 62 a; Th. 227, 10; Ph. 421: 16a; Th. 37, 2; Cri. 587. hider-cyme

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Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᛞᛖᚱ-ᚳᚣᛗᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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