Carbunculus

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - carbunculus

According to the Old English Dictionary:

carbunculus
gen. carbuncules; m. A carbuncle :-- On gimma gecynde carbunculus bið diórra ðonne iacintus, and swáðeáh ðæt bleóh ðæs iacintes bið betera ðonne ðæs carbuncules; forðǽm . , . ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd ðæs carbuncules hine úp áhebbe, his blióh hine gescent, Past. 411, 27-32. carbunculus
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