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here-cumbol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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here-cumbol, -combol, es; m.
A military signal
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  • Wordum and bordum hófon herecombol

    with shouts and shields they raised the war-signal,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 49; El. 25.
  • Cf.
    • [?] Tacitus, Germania c. 3:
    'As their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm. It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour. They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.'
Etymology
[
Icel. her-kuml a war-token, arms on shields or helmets
.]
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  • here-cumbol, n.