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wamb

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wamb, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§292; §367;
of living things,
a belly, stomach
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  • Wamb

    venter,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 21.

  • Seó inre wamb

    alvus,

    • 44, 38.

  • Seó útre wamb

    venter,

    • 45, 21.

  • Gif sió wamb wund bið,

    • Lchdm. ii. 162, 13.

  • Is seó womb ( of the phenix) neoþan wundrum fæger,

    • Exon. Th. 219, 14
      • ;
    • Ph. 307.

  • Be wambe coþum,

    • Lchdm. ii. 220, 1.

  • Be wambe missenlícre gecyndo,

    • 14.

  • Wiþ wambe wærce,

    • 318, 15.

  • Wiþ wambe heardnesse,

    • 358, 3.

  • Be windigre wambe,

    • 162, 23.

  • Ic wiht ( a sow) geseah féran, hæfde feówere fét under wombe

    ,
    • Exon. Th. 418, 11
      • ;
    • Rä. 37, 3.

  • Eall ðæt on ðone múð gǽð, gǽð on ða wambe

    (womb,
    • Lind.
    : wombe,
    • Rush.
    ventrem ),
    • Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17: Lchdm. ii. 186, 23.

  • Wambe gefyllan

    ventrem implere,

    • Lk. Skt. 15, 16: Exon. Th. 494, 22
      • ;
    • Rá. 83, 5.

  • Hé hæfð áne wambe and þúsend manna bigleofan,

    • Homl. Th. i. 66, l.

  • Be cilda wambum and oferfyll, and gif him mete tela ne mylte.

    • ii. 240, 12.
where there is reference to the bringing forth of young,
a womb
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  • Western wombe (wambe,

    • Ps. Spl. C.
    )

    fructus ventris,

    • Ps. Surt. 126, 3.

  • Ðú átuge mé of wombe ( ventre) . . . Of wombe (wambe,

    • Ps. Spl. C.
    ventre) módur mínre,

    • 21, 10-11.

  • Ða wombe (wombo.

    • Lind.
    ventres )ða ðe ne ácendun,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 23, 29.
of inanimate things
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  • Ic wiht (bellows) geseah, womb wæs on hindan,

    • Exon. Th. 419, 6
      • ;
    • Rä. 38, 1.

  • Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe,

    • 385, 21
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 48.

  • Ic seah wiht (a cask ), wombe hæfde micle,

    • 495, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 84, 1.
in the following passage giving the boundaries of some land, Kemble takes the word to mean
a hollow
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  • Ondlong ðære hegerǽwe; ðæt on Ondon*-*cilles wombe,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 52, 14.
Etymology
[
Goth.wamba
γαστήρ, κοιλία, venter, uterus:
O. L. Ger.wamba venter, uterus:
O. Frs. wamme:
O. H. Ger.wamba venter, ventriculus, uter, vulva:
Icel.vömb belly.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wamb.” 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/34605.

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