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GÓMA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
GÓMA, an; m.
The palate; in pl. the fauces
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  • Góma vel hróf ðæs múþes palatum vel

    uranon,

      Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 107; Wrt. Voc. 43, 35.

  • Góma

    palatum,

      Wrt. Voc. 70, 53.

  • Ðes góma

    hæc faux,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 71; Som. 14, 15.

  • Ic eom on góman swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blende mid hunige

    sweeter am I on the palate than didst thou blend honeycomb with honey,

      Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 18; Rä. 41, 58: 113 a; Th. 433, 11; Rä. 50, 6.

  • Ic dó ðæt ðín tunge clifaþ to ðínum góman

    linguam tuam adherescere faciam palato tuo,

      Homl. Th. ii. 530, 28.

  • Me syndan góman háse

    raucæ factæ sunt fauces meæ,

      Ps. Th. 68, 3: Soul Kmbl. 216; Seel. 110.

  • Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word

    quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua,

      Ps. Th. 118, 103: 136, 5: 149, 6.

  • He ða grimman góman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre

    he clashes fast together the fierce jaws,

      Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. gome gingiva: Icel. gómr the palate: O. H. Ger. guomo, gaumo, giumo guttur, faux, palatum: Ger. gaum, gaumen the palate.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “GÓMA.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17385.

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