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CUMBOL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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CUMBOL, cumbl , cuml , es; n.
a sign, image, military standard, ensign, banner ; signum, imago, signum militare, vexillum
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  • In campe gecrong cumbles hyrde

    the standard's guardian fell in battle,

    • Beo. Th. 5004
      • ;
    • B. 2505
      • .

  • Hie fór ðam cumble on cneówum sǽton

    they sat on their knees before the image,

    • Cd. 181
      • ;
    • Th. 227, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 180
      • .

  • Cumbol lixton wíges on wénum

    ensigns glittered in hopes of battle,

    • 151
      • ;
    • Th. 188, 29
      • ;
    • Exod. 175: Andr. Kmbl. 8
      • ;
    • An. 4
      • .

  • To weallgeatum wígend þrungon, céne under cumblum

    the warriors thronged to the wall-gates, bold beneath their ensigns,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2409
      • ;
    • An. 1206: Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 26, 18
      • ;
    • Jud. 333
      • .
a sign or
evidence of disease, a wound ; morbi signum, vulnus
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  • Se lǽce, ðonne he cymþ ðone untruman to sníðanne, ǽrest [MS. æresð] he sceáwaþ ðæt cumbl [cuml MS. Oth.]

    the surgeon, when he comes to cut the patient, first examines the wound;

    ad ægrum medicus venerat, secandum vulnus videbat

    ,
    • Past. 26
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 36a, 7
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. kumbal , n. a heavenly sign:
O. H. Ger. cumpal cohortes:
Swed. kummel , n. tessera, signum:
Icel. kuml, kumbl, kubl , n, a sign, badge, mark, war-badge.]
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v.  cuml cumul.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CUMBOL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6810.

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