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Old English · noun

camb

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/kɑmb/
Syllables
kɑmb (1 syllable)
Modern English
combcrest

Meaning

  1. comb

  2. crest of a helmet, bird, etc

    Fēnixas habbaþ cambas on hēafde swā pāwan.

    Phoenixes have crests on their head like peacocks.

    c. 1000, The Wonders of the East:

Declension

Declension of camb
SingularPlural
Nominative cambcambas
Accusative cambcambas
Genitive cambescamba
Dative cambecambum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz. Cognate with Old Saxon camb, Dutch kam, Old High German chamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr (Swedish kam); and with Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “pin”), Old Armenian ծամեմ (camem, “to chew”), Russian зуб (zub).

Descendants

comb

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