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gomen-wudu

  • noun [ masculine ]
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gomen-wudu, gen. -wuda; m.
Pleasure-wood, glee-wood, a musical instrument, harp; lætĭtiæ lignum, harpa = άρπη
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  • Ðǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere, gomenwudu gréted

    there were song and sound at once together, the glee-wood [was] touched,

      Beo. Th. 2134; B. 1065.
  • Ðǽr wæs gidd and gleó, hwílum he hearpan wynne, gomenwudu grétte

    there was song and glee, at times he touched the joy of harp, the wood of mirth,

      4222; B. 2108.
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v.  gamen-wudu.
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  • gomen-wudu, n.