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110 THE CORPUS, EPINAL, ERFURT AND LEYDEN GLOSSARIES
three are unmistakaV)le Herm. items. The identification '
wolf's comb '
may
be a mere guess, due to similarity of sound in the first syllable, and mis-
understanding of the last two syllables
'
as if lion '
or '
lioness.'
Clustella : clustorloeae (Ep. 8 C 22 ; C. G. L. v 352, 32 ; Corp. C 466).
Since Gildas glosses are peculiar to Corpus, Gild. 71 (penurii clustello) can-
not be the source. It may be Abstrusa, if an Abstr.-Abol. group begins
here and continues to Cautum (if not further). Of. Claustra, below.
Caerula : haeuui (Ep. 8 C 24 ; C. G. L. v 352, 34 ; Corp. C 303). Pro-
bably Abstr. (33, 40) Caerula : nigra, a cerae colore tractum, a Virgil gloss
(from Aen. 3, 64).
Cophinus : mand,
Commentariensis : giroefa (Ep. 8 C 25-26 ; C. G. L. v
352, 35 ; Corp. C 635 and 637). The second lemma-word appears
in Ital,
4 Reg. 18, 18 (lilius Asaph ... commentariensis scriptor), which suggests
Abstrusa.
Cla(us)trum : pearroc (Ep. 8 C 28 ; C. G. L. v 352, 38 ; Corp. C 488).
Presumably a re-casting of Abstr. 30, 26 (Claustra : clusura(e)).
Cuspis : palester, Calcar : spora, (^auterium : mearisern, Clavatum : ge-
byrdid (Ep. 8 C 33-36 ; C. G. L. v 352, 41-44 ; Corp. C 640 ; 93 ; 95 ; 489).
If this is still the Abstr.-Abol. group, then the first item is 'Abol.' (iv 436,
38) Cuspis est proprie posterior hastae pars, or a split of (EE i and Corp.)
Ca. : Summa
pars hastae. And the last may be a Festus gloss
of Abolita.
Catasta: g(e)loed, Celox: ceol, Capsis (for -sa?): cest (Ep. 8 E 3-5;
C. G. L. V 352, 49-51 ; Corp. C 98 ; 293 ; 100). The second item seems
another of those identifications based on a similarity of sound. The first
may be a re-casting of Abstr. (28, 18) Catasta genus poenae
est eculeo
similis, and therefore a split of the EE i, Corp. and Aflf. item Ca. : genus
supplicii. Aldhelm (ad Eahfrid.) follows Gildas' (Exc. Brit. 23) use of ca-
Molossorum catasta ringente vallatus.
tasta in the sense of caterva :
Cataractes : uuaeterthruch (Ep. 8 E 10 ; C. G. L. v 353, 4 ; Corp. C 103).
Perhaps a Bible gloss, from e.g. Malach. 3, 10 aperuero
caeli.
Cyathus (?Cupus; see below, s.v. Cupa): bolla (Ep. 8 E 19 ;
353, 13). Perhaps a split of the Rufinus (3, 6, 8) gloss Cyathus:
vobis cataractas
C. G. L. v
calix in
EE i and Corp. Perhaps part of the long Herm. batch which follows.
Caumos (for -ma) : suol (C. G. L. v 353, 68 ; Corp. C 368). Perhaps part
of the long Herm. batch which follows. Perhaps a Bible gloss, from Job 30,'
30 ossa mea aruerunt prae caumate.
Comix : crawe, Carduelis : linetuige, Charadrion : laiu-ici (C. G. L. v 354,
65-67 ; Corp. C 653; 147 ; 148). A Herm. group, though the Ace. case of
the last suggests Levit. 11, 19 non edctis charadrion. Is the true form of
the lemma-word Charadrio (cf. Herm. 90, 8)?
Cantharus: wibil, Circius : westnordwind (C. G. L. v 354,71-72; Corp.
C 151 ; 419). Still the Herm. group?
And in Corpus alone :
(C 101) 'Carcura': craet. If for Carnica, compare Herm. (195, 52)