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