cometa in Old English

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Etymology: Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ang|la|comēta}} Borrowed from Latin comēta, {{der|ang|grc|κομήτης||long-haired}} Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”) Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=comēta}} comēta m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|comēt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|comēta|comētan|comētan|comētan|comētan|comētena|comētan|comētum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: comēta [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], comēta [nominative, singular], comētan [nominative, plural], comētan [accusative, singular], comētan [accusative, plural], comētan [genitive, singular], comētena [genitive, plural], comētan [dative, singular], comētum [dative, plural]

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"cometa" meaning in Old English

Noun