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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-góma

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1 feorh-góma

m. [góma the gums, jaws] Fatal or deadly jaws; fatāles fauces :-- Se deópa seáþ mid wíta fela, frécnum feorhgómum, folcum scendeþ the deep pit [hell] afflicts people with many torments, with rugged fatal jaws, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 32; Cri. 1549. feorh-goma
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᚷᚩᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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