colmose

Middle English

Alternative forms

• colemose, colmasse

Etymology

From Old English colmāse (“coalmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā. Equivalent to coule +‎ (tit)mose.

Noun

colmose (plural colmoses)

1. coalmouse

Descendants

• English: coalmouse

References

• “cōl-mōse, n..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.