n (perh. early Germanic borrowing, see Stokes
Metr. Gl.
53
). a log separating contestants in a duel (?),
GEIL 305
. Expld. as
battle, conflict, encounter
:
cam .i. comland,
Corm. Y 375
.
O'Cl.
cam gach comhrac,
Metr. Gl. D 19
.
lignum contensionis quod vocatur caam apud gentiles
,
Trip.
320.10
.
midhach teora cam .i. iar terna ó thrí comracaib,
O'Curry 2489
(
Eg. 88, 38(40)d
) =
cam .i. r[o]e no comrac,
O'Dav. 402
.
564
. Cf.
1206
.
crann cam eturru ┐ calcc i laim cechtar hai,
CIH iii 922.34
. ?for lar na caeime comruice
`the plain of the battlefield',
Laws v 310.32 Comm.
fer is gnath
ac imguin i c.¤
(of cáimper),
H 3.18, 66b
. Cf. camcomla (? leg.
cam comlainn)
.i. baile sēnta lasna geinti a comruiced diass,
O'Mulc. 286
.