different between cometh vs combeth

cometh

English

Alternative forms

  • commeth

Etymology

From Middle English cometh, cumeþ, comth, cumþ, kimeð, from Old English cymþ, cymeþ, from Proto-Germanic *kwimidi, third person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *kweman? (to come), equivalent to come +? -eth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kumt, West Frisian komt, Dutch komt, German Low German kummt, German kommt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?m.??/

Verb

cometh

  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of come
    • Proverb
      Cometh the hour, cometh the man.

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combeth

English

Etymology

comb +? -eth

Verb

combeth

  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of comb
    • 1879, in Littell's Living Age, Volume 141, p.386 (Google Books view):
      With a golden comb she combeth,
      And singeth the while a song,

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