Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Gomen-wudu

Back to Letter G
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 gomen-wudu

gen. -wuda; m. Pleasure-wood, glee-wood, a musical instrument, harp; lætĭtiæ lignum, harpa = άρπη :-- Ðǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere, gomenwudu gréted there were song and sound at once together, the glee-wood [was] touched, Beo. Th. 2134; B. 1065. Ðǽr wæs gidd and gleó, hwílum he hearpan wynne, gomenwudu grétte there was song and glee, at times he touched the joy of harp, the wood of mirth, 4222; B. 2108. gomen-wudu
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚩᛗᛖᚾ-ᚹᚢᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources