Omer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Omer

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: clod-hamer. omer

Definitions

1 omer

a bird's name, hammer (in yellow- hammer) :-- Omer (emer, Ep. Gl. 23 e, 31) scorelus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 6. Amore scorellus, i. 281, 18. In Cd. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 118 omerlond occurs, [O. H. Ger. amero : Ger. ammer.]

Runic Inscription

ᚩᛗᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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