famigheals
Old English
Etymology
fāmiġ (“foamy”) + heals (“neck, prow”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑː.mijˌxæ͜ɑls/, [ˈfɑː.mijˌhæ͜ɑɫs]
Adjective
fāmiġheals
- (hapax legomenon, poetic) "foamy-necked," said of a ship
- Beowulf
- Sǣġenga fōr, flēat fāmiġheals
- The sea-goer went, it floated foamy-necked
- Beowulf
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “fámig-heals”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.