A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1567-1606, 1692
[0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1]
Cum(m)ing, Cum(m)yn, n.1 Also: cwmyng, -ynd. [ME. cummyn, comyn (c 1300), OF. cumin, L. cumīnum.] Cumin. Also attrib. with sede. 14.. Acts I. 305/2.
For the custome of … pepper, cummyn, alome, gynger [etc.] 1567 Edinburgh Testaments I. 21.
Fyve pund of cummyn price of the pund xxx d. 1597 Bk. Rates 4.
Cumyn the pund 1598 Edinburgh Testaments XXXI. 351.
Sex pund wecht of cwmyng seid at x s. the pund 1606 Ib. XLI. 318.
Twa dosane cwmynd seid at iij lib. the dosane 1692 Caldwell Fam. P. 92.
4 ounces of cumingseed
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Cuming n.1". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/cumming_n_1>
