Wóma
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wóma
According to the Old English Dictionary:
an ;
- wóma
- hild">wóma and hilde-swég)">m. Sound, noise (cf. hilde-wóma and hilde-swég) :-- Se wóma (the noise of battle) cwom. Cd. Th. 190, 21 ; Exon. 202. Siððan tó reste gehwearf ríce þeóden, com on sefan hwurfan swefnes wóma, 222, 26; Dan. 110: Elen. Kmbl. 142; El. 71. Hríð hreósende, wintres wóma. Exon. Th. 292, 22; Wand. 103. Hé secgan ongan swefnes wóman. Cd. Th. 249, 33; Dan. 539. Hebban herebýman hlúdan stefnum, wuldres wóman, 183, 31 ; Exod. 100. Ær ðú gúðe fremme, wíges wóman, Andr. Kmbl. 2709 ; An. 1357. Wíges wómum. Exon. Th. 277, 5 ; Jul. 576. [Cf. Icel. Ómi, one of the names of Odin; a personification of the wind ; óma to resound; óman sound, voice. Grimm says: Scheint mir der grund weshalb wóma mit hild, wíg, dæg, dægréd, swefen verbundeu wird, anzuzeigen, dass das alterthum sich hieruuter lauter persönliche wesen dachte, die rauschend nahten. And. u. El. xxx.] and preceding word. woma