Etymology

cumdach

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Today it means: An elaborate ornamented metal reliquary box or case used to hold Early Medieval Irish manuscripts or relics. Full definition →

Middle Irish cumdach ← Old Irish cumtach
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  1. Old Irish · derived fromcumtach
  2. Middle Irish · borrowed fromcumdach
  3. English todaycumdach

From Middle Irish cumdach, from Old Irish cumtach.

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