Here-cumbol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Here-cumbol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -combol, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 here-cumbol

m. A military signal :-- Wordum and bordum hófon herecombol with shouts and shields they raised the war-signal, Elen. Kmbl. 49; El. 25. Cf.[?] Tacitus, Germania c. 3: 'As their line shouts, they inspire or feel alarm. It is not so much an articulate sound, as a general cry of valour. They aim chiefly at a harsh note and a confused roar, putting their shields to their mouths, so that, by reverberation, it may swell into a fuller and deeper sound.' [Icel. her-kuml a war-token, arms on shields or helmets.] here-cumbol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚱᛖ-ᚳᚢᛗᛒᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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