Feorh-góma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-góma

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᚷᚩᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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