Cruthaich dreach nas iom-fhillte den abairt seo Ged a tha grunn eòlaichean roimhe air a bhith ag argamaid airson iasad bho Laideann'' symbola ', Gerhard Köbler,'' Altsächsisches Wörterbuch's.v.
Gu dearbh, is e dreach nas iom-fhillte den abairt "Ged a tha grunn de sgoilearan roimhe air argamaid a dhèanamh airson iasad bho Laideann'' symbola ', is e an t-sealladh as trice an-diugh gur e seann Beurla'' symbel ', seann Saxon'' symbal'''Heliand ', loidhne 3340:'sittan at sumble '. "