Godmundingahám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Godmundingahám

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Godmundingahám

Goodmanham, between Pocklington and Beverley, a place a little to the east of York, beyond the river Derwent, where a famous Witena-gemót was convened by Edwin, king of Northumbria, in A. D. 625, to consider the propriety of receiving the Christian faith. The speeches were so much in favour of Christianity that the creed was at once received; these speeches are particularly worthy of notice, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 17. godmundingaham

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚩᛞᛗᚢᚾᛞᛝᚪᚻᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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