A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Coltre; see [Culter].

[ Columbine], sb. columbine (flower), Alph., MD, Sh.; columbyne, Voc., Prompt.; columby, S3.—OF. columbine; Late Lat. columbina.

Colvyr; see [Culuer].

[ Colwie], adj. grimy, S.

[ Colwyd], pp. carbonatus, Prompt. See [Cole].

[ Comaunde], v. to command, PP, C; comanden, MD; comaundet, pt. s., S2; comande, S2, MD; cumand, S2.—OF. comander, commander; Late Lat. commendare, to order. Cf. [Comenden].

[ Comaundement], sb. commandment, C, PP; comandement, C2.

[ Comaundour], sb. commander, C3, PP; comandour, S2.—OF. commandeor; Late Lat. commendatorem.

[ Combe], sb. comb for hair, comb of a bird, Prompt., Voc.; komb, MD.—AS. camb.

[ Combren], v. to encumber, overwhelm, MD, S3; comeren, S3; combrez, pr. s., S2; cumrit, pt. s., S2; cummerit, S3; cumbred, pp., S2.—OF. combrer to hinder, from combre, a heap, see Ducange (s.v. cumbra); Lat. cumulum (acc.).