v. Obs. [AGAIN- 1, 2.]
1. To come against, meet with, encounter.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke xiv. 31. Hwæðer he mæʓe mid tyn þusendum cuman aʓen [v.r. onʓean] þone þe him aʓen [v.r. onʓean] cymð.
c. 1160. Hatton Gosp., ibid. Mid teon þusenden cumen aʓen þane þe him aʓen kymð.
1382. Wyclif, Gen. xxiv. 12. Y preye, to day aȝen-com to me [1388 meete with me]. Ibid., Isa. xxi. 14. Aȝencomende to the thirsti berth water.
2. To come back, return: see also GAIN-COME.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke ix. 40. Þa se hælend aʓén-cóm [v.r. onʓeán-cóm; Lindisf. & Rushw. eft-com; Hatton aʓen com].
1205. Layamon, 4436. Hit þu[h]te him seoue ȝere · ær he aȝen come [later text ȝein come].
