Infinitive
comen; to comen; come
Participles
| Present | comende; comynge |
| Past | comen; come; ycome |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | come |
| 2nd sing. | comest |
| 3rd sing. | cometh |
| 1st plur. | comen; come; cometh |
| 2nd plur. | comen; come; cometh |
| 3rd plur. | comen; come; cometh |
Past
| 1st sing. | cam; com |
| 2nd sing. | come; came |
| 3rd sing. | cam; com |
| 1st plur. | comen; come; camen; came |
| 2nd plur. | comen; come; camen; came |
| 3rd plur. | comen; come; camen; came |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | come |
| 2nd sing. | come |
| 3rd sing. | come |
Past
| 1st sing. | come; came |
| 2nd sing. | come; came |
| 3rd sing. | come; came |
Imperative
| Singular | come |
| Plural | cometh; come |
Verbs conjugated like comen
comen,
Etymology
From Old English coman, cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman. Past forms in -a- are by analogy with other class 4 strong verbs; e.g. stal, past of stelen.
Verbs referencing "comen"
English
come.
Sample Sentences
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I cam to ſende fier in to þe erþe / ⁊ what wole I .· but þat it be kyndlid (I came to send fire over the Earth, and what I want is only that it be kindled.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Luke 12:49, folio 36, recto, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
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At nyght was come into that hostelrye
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Wel nyne and twenty in a compaignye (There came at nightfall into that hostelry
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Some twenty-nine persons in a company) [c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, lines 23–24:]
Cognates
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