horscamb
Old English
Etymology
From hors (“horse”) + camb (“comb”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxorsˌkɑmb/, [ˈhorˠsˌkɑmb]
Noun
horscamb m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | horscamb | horscambas |
| accusative | horscamb | horscambas |
| genitive | horscambes | horscamba |
| dative | horscambe | horscambum |
Descendants
- Middle English: horskambe, horskame, horsecombe, horscomb
- English: horse-comb
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “horscamb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.