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): /kumb/

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

Related terms

• fildcumb (“milk pail”)

Descendants

• English: combe, coombe, coomb