Old English · noun
cumb
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /kumb/
- Syllables
- kumb (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- combecoombbasinalobushelscumbfulnewelisces
cumb1 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
a vessel (e.g. cup, bowl, basin, etc.)
-
a measure of volume (uncertain for liquid but dry is said to be 4 bushels)
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Cumb fulne líðes aloþ, and cumb fulne Welisces aloþ ― a coomb full of mild ale and a coomb full of Welsh ale
Declension · strong a-stem
cumb2 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
a hollow, narrow valley, combe
In cumb, of ðam cumbe
into a valley, from the valley
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kumb, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz. Compare Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”).
Uncertain. Possibly derived from Etymology 1 above. Compare also Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”).
Descendants
coomb, combe
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