Glíw-gamen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Glíw-gamen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 glíw-gamen

n. Musical entertainment, music:--Hearpe and pípe and mistlic glíggamen drémað eów on beórsele cithara et lyra et tympanum et tibia et vinum in conviviis vestris (Is. 5, 12), Wlfst. 46, 16. gliw-gamen

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛁᚹ-ᚷᚪᛗᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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