melyng, cumling, cumlyng, cumlynge, cumeling, komelyng, kumeling

Eng. com, cum come; suff. ling; O. H. Ger. chumeling, chomeling a stranger.] A stranger, a foreigner. "A Cumlynge: Aduena."-Cathol. Anglicum. "I am a commelyng towarde the, And pilgrim als alle my faders was." Hampole: Pricke of Cons., 1,384. *come-ling-ne , *cum-lyng-nes, s. [Mid. Eng. comeling , .; -ne .] Exile, strangene . "I shal lede out hem fro the loond of her cumlyngnes."- Wycliffe : Ezek . xx. 38. come-lỹ, *com-lich, *com-li, *come-liche, *cume-lich, *cum-lich, *com-ly, *comelely, *comlili, comlyly, *comelili, a . & adv . [A. S. cymlic; from cyme suitable, becoming; and lic = like.] A. As adj . (Of all the above forms): 1. Of persons: Graceful, handsome, dignified, agreeable and pleasing in looks. "A sober, sad and comely courteous Dame." Spenser: F. Q., II. ii. 14. 2. Of things : Becoming, decent, dignified, according to propriety. IMG:content-0255.png:[blocks in formation] Thomson: The Seasons: Winter. B. As adv . (Of the forms comely , comelely , in a dignified and becoming manner. ing to or having the nature of comedy. "Our best comedic dramas."-Quart. Rev. (Ogilvie.)