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camb
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
camb
. Add: I. comb for the hair :-- Genim þone camb þe heó ána hyre heáfod mid cemde . . . þ̵ on þám cambe geþolige, gesomnige, Lch. i. 332, 11-15. Þ̵ feax þe on þám cambe cleofige, 21. Ic his heáfod mid gambe gekamde, C. D. iv. 261, 2. II. crest, (1) comb of a bird :-- Combas on fugele cristas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 7. Cambas cristas (of cocks), An. Ox. 26, 16. Byð óðer fugelcynn fénix hátte, þá habbað cambas (cristas) on heáfde swá páwan, Nar. 39, 3. (a) crest of a helmet :-- Cambe helmes crista cassidis, An. Ox. 5019. [For Cot. 46 in Dict. l. Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, lo.] v. hors-camb.
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camb
, e; f. A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus :-- Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12.
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camb
, es; m. [camb joined; p. of cimban]. I. a comb for cleaning hair, wool, flax, etc; pecten. Wrt. Voc. 86, v. barnuc-camb, fleðe-camb, wulfes camb. II. the crest of a cock, the crest or top of a helmet, etc; crista :-- Helmes camb the helmet's crest; crista, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 75; Wrt. Voc. 36, 2. Camb on hætte, vel on helme a crest on the hat or helmet; crista, Cot. 46. [Orm. camb: Scot. kaim: O. Sax. camb, m: Frs. kaem: Dut. Kil. kam, m: Ger. kamm, m: M. H.
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