horscamb

Old English

Etymology

From hors (“horse”) +‎ camb (“comb”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

horscamb m

1. horse-comb, currycomb

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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “horscamb”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.