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Old English Dictionary Entry

Tóm

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adj. Empty; figuratively, free from. Cf. leás :-- Ðæt hý móstun mánweorca tóme lifgan and tíres blǽd écne ágan (cf. the man farid imu an giwald Godes tionono tómig, Hél. 2490), Exon. Th. 74, 26; Cri. 1212. [Tome saule (animam inanem) he filled with fode, Ps. 106, 9. Yee sal find þair tumbs tome (tume), C. M. 17798; Toom or voyde vacuus, Prompt. Parvacua, evacuo, 488. Scott, toom, tume: Icel. tómr: Dan. tom.] tom
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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