Rúm-gál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rúm-gál

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 rúm-gál

adj. Rejoicing in ample space in which to move (applied to the dove when sent from the ark) :-- Seó culufre wíde fleáh óþ ðæt heó rúmgál reste stówe funde far the dove flew, in flight unconfined rejoicing, until a place of rest she found (cf. heó rúme fleáh, 87, 29; Gen. 1456), Cd. Th. 88, 16; Gen. 1466. rum-gal

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚢᛗ-ᚷᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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