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CUMB

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CUMB, es; m.
a hollow among hills, narrow valley , COMB ; caverna inter colles, vallis angusta
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  • Andlang cumbes

    along the valley,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 354
    • ;
    • A. D. 931
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 406, 10: 489
    • ; A. D. 962;
    • Kmbl. iii. 457, 29
    • .
  • In cumb , of ðam cumbe

    to a valley, from the valley,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 118
    • ;
    • A. D. 770
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 380, 5
    • .
a liquid measure ; mensura quædam liquidorum : hence, perhaps, our dry measure COMB or COOMB = four bushels
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  • Cumb fulne líðes aloþ, and cumb fulne Welisces aloþ

    a comb fall of mild ale and a comb full of Welsh ale,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 791-796
    • ;
    • 40, 5: Lchdm. iii. 28, 9
    • .
Etymology
[
Dut.kom , f. a basin:
Ger. kumpf, kump , m. I. a dry measure for corn and fruit; II. a cup, basin:
M. H. Ger. kumpf a vessel, dry measure:
O. H. Ger. chumph cimpus?
O. Fr. combe a deep valley:
Grk. κύμβος
the hollow of a vessel, cup, bowl; κύμβη a basin: Wel. cwm, m. a hollow, deep valley: Sansk. kumbha, m. a pot, jug.]
Derived forms
fild-cumbm
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v.  comb.
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  • CUMB, n.