Gomen-wudu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gomen-wudu

Old English Dictionary Entry

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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

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ᚷᚩᛗᛖᚾ-ᚹᚢᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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