horscamb

Old English

Etymology

From hors (“horse”) +‎ camb (“comb”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxorsˌkɑmb/, [ˈhorˠsˌkɑmb]

Noun

horscamb m

horse-comb, currycomb

Declension

Declension of horscamb (strong a-stem)

Case	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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “horscamb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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