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Quotation dates: 1399-1424, 1499-1535, 1586
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Hame-com(e, Haym-com, n. Also: homcwme. [ME. homcome, early ham cume, OE. hámcyme.] A home-coming. a1400 Legends of the Saints v. 64.
Scho … Ȝarnit his hame come in the land 1424 Cambuskenneth Letter.
We … bidis ay in gude hope ȝour hame come a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1891.
All that wes done scho wald him tell At his hame come full opinly 1513 Doug. xi. i. 124.
This is our haymcom thou desyrit lang 1535 Stewart 54398.
The king … wes richt blyth … Of the hame-come of gude erle Johnne 1586 Gray Lett. 139.
The Master of Gray … , sens his homcwme, is graetwmlie affectionat yowir way
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