cumb

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kumbaz; liken Dutch kom (“bowl, basin”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow valley”), Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumb/

Noun

cumb m

  1. a hollow, narrow valley, combe
    In cumb, of ðam cumbe — in a valley, of the valley
  2. a measure of volume (uncertain for liquid but dry is said to be 4 bushels)
    Cumb fulne líðes aloþ, and cumb fulne Welisces aloþ — a coomb full of mild ale and a coomb full of Welsh ale
  • fildcumb (“milk pail”)

Descendants

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