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Cum, v. Also: cwm, cume, cumm-, cumme, cuim, coum(e, com(e, comm-, comme; qome. P.t. come, com(me, coym(e, cum, cam, came. P.p. cumen(e, cum(m)in, -yn(e, cwmin(g, cum(m)ing, -yng; cum; cum(m)it, commit(t, comet(t, comeit; cuimed, cumid, cumd, comed, comd(e. [ME. cum(e, come, earlier cumen, comen, OE. cuman. The usual Sc. forms of the p.t. and p.p. are com(e and cum(m)in or -ing; the weak p.p. (cumd, etc.) is however frequent after 1550.]

1. intr. To come (in contrast to go), in purely local sense.The forms of the pres. participle (cummand, etc.) are illustrated separately.(a) 1375 Barb. xiii. 365.
Cum ȝhe in it, ȝhe sall se [etc.] 1375 Ib. xiv. 507.
For till cum sa hardely Apon all the cheuelry a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 95.
Sowne sall cum ane to thé heyre a1400 Ib. xl. 754.
Mene cummis thare of landis sere c1420 Wynt. v. 3741.
The kyrk … kepys all That cummys … to mak thare orysowne c1420 Ib. viii. 1081.
‘Cwm in, cwm in,’ he wald … say 1456 Hay I. 178/7.
Men wald never traist to cum … , bot gif thai mycht bathe cum and gang suerly c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace v. 1102.
Quhat bellamy may thow be, That cummys so grym? a1500 Bk. Chess 1164.
Thai gart this Romane swere To cum agane 1503 Lanark B. Rec. 12.
To gar Rob Flemyn cwm to set up the buttis c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 218.
Heir cumis our awin queir clerk! 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 250/2.
To … pas again to the partis thai cum fra 1535 Stewart 34469.
Both Scot and Brit, … Ilkone to vther for to cum and gang a1568 Peder Coffeis 38.
As he cumis brankand throw the tounc1550 Rolland Court of Venus i. 529.
Divers cummis to kirk oft for the nanis 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 132.
Whan we were readie to cum our way 1584 Coll. Aberd. & B. 629.
Gif he comme not haym againne 1596 Dalr. I. 27/10.
Quha cumis in [the craig] with gret difficultie mon cum 1622-6 Bisset II. 355/3.
I beseik thé … to cum unto me c1650 Spalding II. 325.
Thairefter thay … cumis bak … with thair four captives(b)1540 Lynd. Sat. 4321 (B).
[Foly:] Gif ȝe be king God gif ȝow gud day I haif ane plent to mak to ȝow [King:] Qome on, Foly(2) 1375 Barb. ii. 291.
Quhen thai se ws … Cummand on thaim sa sudanly 1375 Ib. 342.
Thai saw cumand Thar fayis ridand a1400 Legends of the Saints x. 152.
Ane sad, the wechis war cumand With twa dragonyse c1420 Wynt. vii. 2970.
The Kyng was northwartis than cumand [C. cumande] 1456 Hay I. 62/3.
Quhen the King … herd that he was cummand 1471 Edinb. Chart. 133.
Of ilk fery bot cummand inwart in oure … havin a1500 Bk. Chess 1894.
He saw two beggaris cummand throw the streit c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 116.
Than ay renewis my noy, or he be neir cumand 1555 Glenartney MS. Doc.
Slaying of the … deir within oure … forest or cumand furth of the samin 1572 Satirical Poems xlv. 601.
Lyk … cadyers cuming to ane fair 1579 Rep. Menzies MSS. 17.
The said Duik wes on the seie cumane to Scotland 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I. 179.
Ane of the cotteris … cumand to the byr 1616 Orkney & Zetl. Sheriff Ct. 73.
He cumming to William Kirknes hous 1624 Misc. Abbotsf. C. 139.
Ȝe cuming to visite her desyrit almous of hir(b) 1375 Barb. xi. 480.
The multitude … Of thair fais that comme [E. come] so braid 1375 Ib. xiv. 383.
Quhen thai come in biggit land a1400 Legends of the Saints i. 397.
Petir and Paul … Com befor Nero a1400 Ib. iii. 249.
He come til a nother citte c1420 Wynt. iii. 286.
The Phylisteis … Agayne hym come c1420 Ib. v. 4466.
Furth … he past Quhill nere Rome he come 1456 Hay I. 207/2.
As he come with his merchandice fra Myllan till Ast 1489 Treasurer's Accounts I. 120.
Til a man … that com with letteris to the King c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 194.
Thay come, and bikkerit vnabaisitly a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 341.
Thou come … Thair till a pule 1531 Bell. Boece I. 115.
Valens … coin with mony … legionis aganis the Pichtis 15.. Clariodus iv. 1715.
They com anone at his commandiment 1570 Leslie 257.
Thair come ane gret ship … bowin toward England 1593–4 Misc. Spald. C. V. 57.
To certan schip brockin men that com fra the North Seyis 1603 Moysie 4.
Certane of the castalionis … come furthe of the said castell 1616–7 Misc. Spald. C. V. 96.
Archibald Armstrong, … quha come to this burgh with the Inglische knychtis(b) c1420 Wynt. ii. 117.
Anys as scho coym hym til c1420 Ib. 1020.
Perseus … Coyme out of Grece in Asia 1493 Dunferm. B. Rec. 47.
Schir Jhon Lam coyme in the towbuth 1574 Misc. Spald. C. II. 41.
James Erll of Mortone … coyme to Aberden 1578 Waus Corr. I. 190.
Ane man … cum and askit almus at ane bischop a1578 Pitsc. I. 264.
Hou the erle of Surries sone cume with support to his father(c) 1497 Treasurer's Accounts I. 350.
To the artailȝeri at Norem, that day we cam away 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 10/31.
Ther cam daly to that tempil diuerse pure men c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxviii. 2 (B).
I dremed ane angell came fra hevin 1584 Coll. Aberd. & B. 629.
Gif he cam nocht hame againne 1596 Dalr. I. 27/22.
That now we may returne, quhair we cam fra 1625 Garden Kings 10.
Calamities orecum, he cam at last 1647 Misc. Spald. C. III. 199.
Twelf threiffis gryt aitis eitten be theis that cam(c) 1375 Barb. x. 651.
Or vp cummyn all wer thai a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 1019.
Paule appostill is cumyne a1400 Ib. xviii. 1313.
Sone was he thare cummyne Til a place c1420 Wynt. ii. 631.
Cycrope kyng … In to Grece sone comyn was c1420 Ib. iv. 1798.
Befor the Peychtis cummyn were Withe-in Scotland 1450 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 151.
Certane personis … are cumin on the wattir 1456 Hay II. 7/32.
Fra quhyn ar ȝe cummyn, and quhare walde ȝe be? 1471 Acts Lords Auditors 14/1.
The lordis ordanis the deposiciouns of thaim that are cummyn to be tane c1500 Crying of Play 25.
Quha is cummyn heir bot I? 1513 Doug. x. xi. 157.
Quhidder am I dryve, and from quhens am I cumyn? 1521 Douglas Corr. 82.
Gif it had nocht beyn … I suld haf cummyn strecht to your grace 1553 Edinb. B. Rec. ii. v 76.
Thai and all vtheris merchandis bayth haldin and cumin hame 1571 Lanark B. Rec. 56.
As thai had nocht cuming at the first caw 1572-5 Diurnal of Occurrents 150.
Marie … wes … in reddines to haue cuming in Scotland 1572 Satirical Poems xxxviii. 85.
I cannot trow firmely that Frenchemen ar cummen(b) c1500-c1512 Dunb. liii. 2.
He was new cum owt of France c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 284.
Quhen the Squyer Meldrum Hard tell this campioun wes cum 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 1017.
All the time to me sen he is cum [: dum] 1567 Satirical Poems v. 41.
Gif sho had not cum in the feild 1589 Reg. Privy C. IV. 376.
How the same papistis … hes cum to the feildis with oppin … force 1602 Shetl. Sheriff Ct. 60 b.
Ane baik of ane schip cum in at Skeawik 1641 Peebles B. Rec. 376.
To tak tryell of the airmour cum hame fra the camp(c) 1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 32.
That brybour had not cummit within hir bourvdis 1551 Corr. M. Lorraine 352.
He is cumit and [has] stollyng this benefice 1555 Peebles B. Rec. 214.
Quhen thai wer cumit fra the play 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 201.
The Antichrist is cumit but dout a1578 Pitsc. I. 296/16.
The Quen … gat word … that hir husband was commit to Ingland 1600 Acts IV. 203/2.
Eftir that maister Alexander had comeit ane certane space with his hienes 1601 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 108.
Putting the warkman presentle cumit hame to wark 1639 Annandale Corr. 34.
I wald haiff cumit, but I cowld not bie from ther meiting wpon Thuirsday 1687 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 169.
He heard … that Walter Brounock … was comt to the toun(d) 1535 Stewart 47457.
This king Edward had nocht cumd in Scotland 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1015.
It was ane laidlie lurdan loun Cumde to break buithis into this toun 1570 Reg. Morton I. 53.
He wes of mynd to haue cumed to me 1582 Colville Lett. 4.
Ane letter … in fauors of ane laitly cummed hame 1585 James VI Ess. 23.
As the pilgrim … Cumd on the parting of two wayes 1622-6 Bisset II. 256/14.
Ane schip cummed to discharge, the maryneris will have there hyris 1655 Stirling Ant. II. 18.
Iohne Mitchell and his familie, being strangers cummed to our part

b. To come by natural movement, extension, or growth.14.. Acts I. 337/2.
That thai lat it [the malt] akyrspire and scuut out all the pith of it, quhare it aw bot to chip and cum at the tane end c1420 Wynt. i 129.
Out of that welle cummys fludis foure c1420 Ib. 904. 1456 Hay II. 158/2.
He has his breste quharethrou the ayr cummys and gais a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 682.
The flure … Cummand fra the cornellis closand quemely 1577 Reg. Great S. 748/2.
Passand west quhill it cum to the rod or gait that cumis fra Natoun 1596 Dalr. I. 52/13.
The gret hil … extending … ay quhil it cum to Dunbartane c1600 Montg. Suppl. 219/5.
The hinging lokkis that cummis from hir heid

c. To come by being brought or conveyed.(a) 1411 Ayr Fr. Preach. Chart. 45.
All … til quhais knawlage thir present letres sal cum 1464 Peebles B. Rec. 150.
Gudis that com to be sald at cors and merkat 1480 Reg. Great S. 310/1.
Gife it happenis … or [= before] the dispensatione cum hame 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
Of the hundreth widde of Oismond irne … cumand to Leith c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 57.
It cumis be king, it cumis be quene, Bot ay sic space is ws betwene [etc.] 1551 Protocol Book of Sir Alexander Gaw 21.
Thai sal the gidder labour the grund quhill the corn cum of the grund 1558-66 Knox II. 362.
It cumis to our earis that we ar called raillaris 1598 Lennox Mun. 356.
The first [spectacles] that cums hame that is guid, I sall by ane pair to ȝow 1614 Fraser P. 117.
The goodis … comeand to the said marcatt 1623 Melrose P. 539.
Incaice misinformatioun of our procedours cuim to your majestie 1627 Brechin Testaments IV. 292.
Ane vyllicot skarlot cuminge hame from Lundoun(b) 1499 Halyb. 226.
For fraucht of ilk sek that comd [sic] in Rowll 1501 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 428.
The wrak of hir come in on the cost of Croudane c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiv. 46.
Thair is sic wyne in my selleir As neuir come in this cuntrie 1575 Edinburgh Testaments MS. III. 363 b.
Frenche waris quhilk come hame efter the said Williames deces 1596 Dalr. I. 5/19.
That sair seiknes, named the sueit of Britannie, cam nevir till ws(c) a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvi. 92.
Sic bodword till hym cumine was ?1438 Alex. ii. 406.
He lap on quhen his hors was cumin 1446 Chart. (Reg. H.) No. 312.
A precepe tharof is cummyn till vs agayn c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvi. 61.
It micht have cuming in schortar quhyll Fra Calȝecot 15.. Clariodus iii. 1193.
Diverse reports hes cumin to his eare Of ȝour great heighnes(b) 1580 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 166.
Any of the orchard litt … laitly cum hame(c) 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 223.
Be his bowis [= bullis] war weill cumit hame 1558-66 Knox I. 460.
The victuallis which should have cumed to us 1586 Edinburgh Testaments XV. 199 b.
The … merchandice in Frenche wairis … laitlie cummit hame 1614 Highland P. III. 172.
Thair is laitlie cuimed to this toun suim worde of suim late slaughter committed in the Isles 1649 Blairs P. 123.
I hope my former [letter] sent be comed to your handes 1682 New Mills Cloth Manuf. 37.
The clothes thatt are comed in to be roaped on Wednesday

2. To come by happening, occurring, or falling to a person.a1400 Legends of the Saints vi. 463.
Than cumys ded vnwenandly c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1362.
Efter gone was dayes lyght And on command myrknes of nyght c1400 Ib. 1604.
Things that ware to thame to cume c1420 Ratis Raving 714.
Quhill eild and deses cumyne be a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 104.
Peraventure all cummis for the best a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 513.
Cum efter quhat sa may c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxii. 51.
Quhen men dois fleit in joy maist far, Sone cumis wo, or thay be war 1533 Gau 98/11.
Ve beseik thé to help vs … and lat thy kingdome cum to vs a1570-86 Shaw Maitland Folio MS cxlvi. 13.
Thair may cum bubbis ȝe not suspek; Thair may cum contrairis ȝe not knaw c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii. 583.
Quhairfoir the greit vltioun First come on him 1567 Satirical Poems vi. 63.
The clene contrare sall cum to pas but dout a1578 Pitsc. I. 125/13.
Seand nathing bot wraikis to come to hir pretendit husband 1629 Mure Son. xi. 8.
Cum death or lyfe, in love I find no smairt

b. To fall to one as a possession or attribute.(1) 1396 Scot. Ant. XIV. 217.
The said landys agayn cummand to the forsayd erle and his ayris c1460 Consail Wys Man 182.
Riches cumys throw Godis bles 1472 Lennox Mun. 90.
Thair may na superior … posses na persoune of the landys cummyn in thair handys 1479 Dunferm. B. Rec. 2.
The said land … cumand till his rychtwis ayris eftyr hir disses 1524 Rec. Earld. Orkney 421.
Ane chartir of tua merkis land … cumin be cosene and chaynge … to Henry, Lord Sinclair 1545 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. I. 127.
Land in the Kenmwre, the quhilk coym in our awyn handis 1605 Edinburgh Testaments XL. 50 b.
My thrid part of frie guidis … to returne & cum bak agane to Katreine Patersone(2) ?1438 Alex. ii. 4365.
Gif my father be fell of thocht, It cummis him of kynd 1456 Hay II. 52/12.
Noblesse of knychthede cummys never to man of gude evin … bot it be [etc.] c1460 Thewis Gud Women 202.
And ȝhit it cummys thaim al for gud a1500 Henr. Fab. 2648.
Thy language rigorous Cummis thé of kynd c 1500 Justticiary Rec. (Reg. H.) I. 154.
The grit strenthe and power … ar not cummit to ȝow that ȝe suld … misken the magistrattis appointit

c. To occur to one, to enter the mind.a1400 Legends of the Saints xvi. 376.
Thane to the prince come in the mynd, That he wold to Sancte Petyr wend 1456 Hay I. 4/10.
Tharefore is thare cumyn to me sik ane ymaginacioun that I will ger mak a tree a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 298.
I can tell thé tailis That cumis on nycht in visioun in my sleip

d. To become, be fitting for, suit (one).c1500-c1512 Dunb. xviii. 22.
Be I ane courtman or ane knycht, Honestly cled that cumis me richt a1568 Bannatyne MS 228 b/66.
This haif I cled my luif rycht weill; Na weid will cum hir better a1568 Scott xi. 1.
It cumis ȝou luvaris to be laill

3. To come in succession or in turn. Also to cum about.a 1350 Facs. Nat. MSS. I. 14.
Tha that comis in thair stede [glossing eorum successoribus] c1460 Wisd. Solomon 373.
In the myndis of thai that is to cwm efter ws 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 83.
That ilk master … sall pay his wolkly penny, … as it cummys about c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxiii. 29.
Quhill vthiris cum to spend it that hes grace c1500-c1512 Ib. lxviii. 19.
Nixt eftir joy, aye cwmis sorrow 1540 Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries II. 393.
The assys … will gif to Iohn Fleming ane dayis meit as it cums about to thaim a1568 Scott xxxiv. 78.
Thay sussy not for schame, Nor castis nocht quhat cumis syne 1622-6 Bisset I. 201/13.
The lordis appoyntis uthir foure of there numer to succeid … quhill the course cum about the [haill] numer

4. To come in course of time.a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 1078.
Quhene this ȝeir is al oure-paste, & tyme cummyne of the haly faste c1420 Wynt. iii. 178.
Thay … studyand on this rydyll were, Quhill thare terme wes cummyn nere c1420 Ib. v. 1893.
As hyr tyme wes cummand nere Scho oysyd fasting 1456 Hay I. 133/1.
Quhen the terme cummys, the landis retouris agayne to the lord 1461 Liber Pluscardensis 387.
Ye wait nocht how son your cas ma cum 1513 Doug. ii. vi. 55.
The lattir day is cummyn of Dardanus end 1513 Ib. viii. xi. h.
Quhou that Wlcanus … Storys to cum dyd in the armour graif 1533 Boece xvi. v. 617 b.
Quhen cuming was the day appoyntit, athir clan come radday to the feild 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 6/18.
The iminent dangeir that vas cummand on the realme of France 1572 Satirical Poems xxx. 18.
The scharper scurge is cummand for the toddis a1578 Pitsc. I. 217/2.
The day being comde, few compeirit a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS cxviii. 9.
Be the ȝeiris of Christ be cwmin and gayne A thowsand fyve hundir auchtie and ane 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 89.
Quhen it is cum to the giving of the sentence

b. In phrases indicating a future date or period, as (next) to cum, for (time) to cum, cum a ȝere, etc.(1) 1385 Rotuli Sc. II. 73/2.
Thay sall certifie … opon Blak Monday that next cummis befor none 1389 Reg. Cambuskenneth 260.
[To pay] the tothir half at Witsonday nixt for to cum 1398 Acts I. 211/2.
The morne efter all halow day for thir thre yher to cum 1483 Acts Lords of Council II. Introd. 105.
To bring the infeftment … befor thame on Tisday that nixt cummis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxi. 81.
Sen in tyme sa sone to cum [etc.] 1577 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 64.
In respect … that thai hawe appoyntit witht [a] calsaye maker for twa yeris to cum(2) 1462 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 23.
At Dauy Simpson sal bring hame … ane dispensatioune be Pasch cum a ȝere 1462 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 371.
On to the [term] of Wytsonday cum twa ȝeris next folowande the date … of thir presentis 1478 Acts Lords of Council 20/2.
To bring … in presens of the lordis of counsale on Monunday cum acht dais the charteris 1479 Ib. 24/2.
Quhil Witsonday cum a twelmonth 1515 Thanes of Cawdor 125.
Be the Trinitie day cum ane yer 1522 Fife Sheriff Ct. 260.
The saidis partes … to convene … upone Fryday cum aucht dais nixt 1547 Misc. Spald. C. V. 311.
Item, xxiiij stirks of twa ȝeir auld, cum Belton 1566 Edinb. B. Deeds 214.
The soume … to be payit … at Witsounday cum ane ȝeir 1590 Reg. Morton I. 169.
Send ane of ȝour awin serwandis to me heir about Thurisday cvm aucht days 1598 Aberd. Eccl. Rec. 165.
To pey … tuentie merkis agane Freday cum a fyftein dayis 1622 Grant Chart. 221.
Lillias is xxiiij ȝeris cvm Andersmas 1661 Red Bk. Grandtully II. 153.
On Tuesday coms sennight he appears again 1686 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 62.
The commissioners … to meit … wpon Twesday cum eight dayes

c. In the phrases in (also of) time to cum, in time(s) cum(m)ing.(1) 1395 Menzies Chart. MS. 10 Feb.
The fredomys that to the forsayd landis … may partene of tym to cum 1405 Lennox Mun. 57.
Al vther proffittis langand to the said landis … , or may lang in tyme to cvm 1466 Acts Lords Auditors 5/1.
To kepe … the saide Elisabeth vndistrublit … in tyme to cum a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 594.
Wa worth ȝow in tyme to cum 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 9.
To mak thayme mair diligent in tyme to cum 1608 St. A. Baxter Bks. 72.
For the avoyding of the lyk in tyme to cum(2) 1439 Acts II. 54/2.
In mare appert takin of traiste and hartliness in tyme cummyng 1448 Reg. Episc. Brechin I. 114.
That ȝe nothir in tym cumin cal na fawt the said reverend fathir 1533 Bell. Livy I. 219/14.
That the samyn mycht be ane beild to Romanis in tymes cummyn aganis inemyis 1544 Reg. Privy S. III. 112/2.
That he … sall nocht be callit … crimenlie nor civilie, … in tyme cumene 1572 Peebles B. Rec. 352.
Quhill thai fynd causioun that all nychtbouris salbe skaithles in all tymes cuming 1582 Reg. Privy C. III. 538.
The saidis nobilmen … salbe untroubled … for that caus in tyme cuming 1612 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 441.
Craifand to be fred of his oppression … in tyme cuming 1617 Urie Baron Ct. 20.
Allexander Hay becwm cawtioner for his abstinans in tym cwming

5. To attain to an end or purpose.1375 Barb. i. 449.
Off men that … assayit full gret hardynes, Or thai mycht cum till thar entent 1375 Ib. 585. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxxvii. 48.
Thai sped thaim bath, in wil Martirdome to cume til 1456 Hay I. 88.
A grete thing wele cummyn to purpos 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 20.
May he cum to hys cast be clokyng, but cost, He rekkis [etc.] 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 10072.
The Empreour … watchit about quhat time that he best micht Cum to his chak, his awin twa sonnis to sla 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 51.
Seing that thai could not cum to thair propose this way

b. To cum again, or in contrare of, to oppose, to act in opposition to.1405 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 173.
Gif … Dame Isabel … deny this connand, or cum agayne it 1426 Ib. III. 202.
I sal … hauld … the said myne oblisingis and never … cum aganes thame in worde na in werk 1474 Reg. Morton II. 223 (see Contrare n. 2 b). 1477 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 35 (see Contrare n. 2 b).1512 Reg. Privy S. I. 366/2.
That nane of thaim cum in contrare of this gift 1549 Breadalbane Coll. (Reg. H.) No. 68.
Ihone Menȝeis is sworn … neuer to cum agane this forsaid appointment 1641 Neal Hist. Puritans II. 483 (see Contrare n. 2 (b)).1663 Decis. Lords G. 46 (see Contrare n. 2).

b. To cum … spede: see Spede n.

6. To come to a certain state or condition. Also with adverbs as doun.a1400 Legends of the Saints l. 701.
To cume to blis that ma nocht fale c1400 Troy-bk. i. 395.
Thoth scho to maturyte Of bede was cummyne c1420 Wynt. iii. 1024.
Wytht her war thai nwryst thare Till thai to manhed cummyn ware 1456 Hay I. 37/29.
Babilone … , that wes of sa grete mycht and come to nocht 1456 Ib. 244/35.
The warld is cummyn in sic a custum that [etc.] c1450 Craft of Deyng 74.
The deuill … bryngis to his mynd the ded that he is lyk to cum to c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlii. 106.
Be that of eild wes Gud Famis air, And cumyne to continwatioun c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4464.
Be quhat reassoun Thynk ȝe thare impyre may cum doun? 1553 Reg. Privy C. I. 139.
That all maner of cornis vitteleis ar cumin doun, and ar sauld upoun reasonabill prices a1586 Maitland Ho. Seytoun 38.
His ladye … gydit hir sonnis leving quhill he was cumit to age 1567 Satirical Poems v. 20.
I considder how it stude, And how the cais is cumin now 1570 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 654/2.
My bairn … growis weill, and cumin weill fordwart a1578 Pitsc. I. 210/11.
He had nocht comd in sic desperatioun 1596 Dalr. II. 143/2.
He vndirstude that al was cum till appne weiris 1614 Highland P. III. 165.
I com in the danger of thais most rigorous vilanes 1695 Falkirk Par. Rec. II. 47.
[They had] comed a prittie good lenth in the matter

b. To amount to (so much).1431 Reg. Great S. 44/2.
Gif it hapnys … that the said Kyrktoun cummys nocht to sa mekyll through distroblance 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 431.
That the samyn [drink] be browin thynner as cumis to threttie twa gallouns the boll

c. To cum in will: see Will n.

d. To cum ower, to come to terms.1602 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 144.
Gif thai can nocht cum ower nor agrie vpoun the seting of the said schip

7. To come by birth; to arise, spring or descend. Const. of (= from) or fra.(a) 1395 Menzies Chart. MS. 10 Feb.
The wyfe of the for sayd Ionys and … the ayrys betwene thaim command 1405 Lennox Mun. 57.
Thair airs cvmand betweyn thaime c1420 Wynt. viii. 424.
In till successyowne In onykyne lyne down cumand Fra the stok 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 116.
Thome Dekyson and … Janet hys wyf and … the arris comand of tham a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 388.
Of that kin come Dunbar of Westfelde knyght 1585 Thanes of Cawdor 187.
The rest of my haill geir I gyff to the lard of Calder free to support hym and the hous I com of(b) 1513 Doug. i. i. 12.
Fra quham … the faderis, princis of Alba, Cam [Sm. Come] and the wallaris of gret Rome alswa(c) 1375 Barb. i. 44.
To cheys a king … That off awncestry cummyn were Off kingis 1375 Ib. 51, etc. a1400 Legends of the Saints xlii. 9.
Quincyane … cumyne ves of carlis kine, Tho he til sic a stait can vine c1420 Wynt. ii. 770.
This lady callyd Scota All thir Scottis are cummyn fra c1420 Ib. vi. 2162.
He is na man, off swylk a kynd Cummyn, bot of the Dewyllis strynd c1450-2 Howlat 912.
I am cummyn of thar kyn, be cosingage knawin c1515 Asloan MS I. 194/28.
Thar king is cummyn dovne lyne by lyne fra the devil c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxii. 38.
Ȝit am I cumin of Adame and Eif 1513 Doug. vii. xii. 5.
Clausus … Fra quham the clan and pepill Claudyane Is cummyn 1570 Satirical Poems xxiv. 19.
Thoucht thow be cumin of ane royall stok(b) c1500 Interl. Droich 122.
Now sen I am suche quantetie Off gyanis cum, as ȝe may sie(c) 1535 Stewart 33753.
Sen tha war all of ane genelogie, Cumd of ane blude c 1560 Stirlings of Keir 414.
The Laird of Garwok, Grahame, quhairof ar cvmit mony guid branses a1568 Bannatyne MS 217 b/43.
Thocht scho be cumd of grit degre, And thow be cumin of sempill kin a1578 Pitsc. I. 293/24.
We knaw not quhairof he is committ a1578 Ib. 363/22.
The noble prince quhom scho was comed of c1600 Montg. Suppl. 206/41.
Sum vther weicht … , That of great kin and clan is cummit 1602 Hist. Carnegie 62.
As her kynsman and commed of her Majesty, he aught her … alleageance

8. To arise, take source or origin, be derived (from something). Const. of or fra.1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 294.
The amerciamentis and the profites of thir courtes cummand c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1682.
Of fule haist cummis no speid 1431 Reg. Great S. 44/2.
We will that … Patrik be payit of the formast penys cummand of the said baronry 1456 Hay I. 172/25.
Of this wrechit disobeysaunce cummys untreuth 1456 Ib. II. 12/3.
That cummys of this foresaid cause c1450 Craft of Deyng 144.
A man suld think, that all his euill cumys of hyme self, and all his gud dedys cumys of grace a1500 Bk. Chess 2064.
Thus all thair moving cummis fra the king c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxiii. 37.
Ane rakynyng rycht cumis of ane ragment small 1540 Acts II. 374/2.
Becaus of the vilite that cumis be slaying of flesche [etc.] 1557 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 305.
Gif ony dampnage cumis thairthrow in ony tyme 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 16.
The casualiteis … that cumis of the entres of the studentis … and of the degreis 1596 Dalr. I. 25/32.
Of thir cumis ȝeirlie to the capitane of the castell … ane verie large rent

9. To come to be; to become.a1400 Legends of the Saints xxiv. 19.
Quhene God for ws com man a1400 Ib. xxxiii. 303.
The king … & al the puple … Come cristine 1473 Acts Lords Auditors 25/1.
Becaus the said George come souuerte and dettour for the said William 1513 Reg. Panmure II. 282.
I … be the tenor of this writt cumis leall trew man … to [etc.] 1544 Corr. M. Lorraine 115.
It wilbe occasioun to the residew of the gentill men … to cum haill youris 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 9716.
Sa Lodwik come empreour throw chance 1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 19.
The allegit spulȝearis and troublaris of the said Doule cum responsall a1605 Montg. Misc. P. xxiii. 12.
Quhat neids thou … Me to ouirthrou that els am cum thy thrall