bēo, f.n: a bee. (BAY-oh)
The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 148r. [bl.uk]
bēo
word-cwide
word-cwide, m.n: a saying, words; speech, language. (WORD-cwid-eh)
nunne
nunne, f.n: a nun. (NUN-neh)
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Burnet Psalter. England, 15th century. Aberdeen University Library, MS 25, f. 61r. [abdn.ac.uk]
mǣg-lagu
mǣg-lagu, f.n: law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen, e.g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild (‘man price’) if one of their number slew or was slain. (MAG-lah-goo)
gorst-bēam
gorst-bēam, m.n: a bramble. (GORST-BAY-ahm)
Bramble in the Vienna Dioscurides. Constantinople (Byzantine Empire), c. 515. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, f. 83r. [commons.wikimedia.org]
ge-neahhe
ge-neahhe, adv: enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly. (yeh-NAY-ah-heh)
regol
regol, m.n: a rule; pattern, standard, norm; a canon, prescript; the body of rules which guide a particular order of ecclesiastics. (REH-gol)
St Benedict handing his disciple St Maurus his Rule. Nîmes, 1129. British Library, Add MS 16979, f. 21v. [bl.uk]
bēcniendlīce
bēcniendlīce, adv: allegorically or by parable. (BAKE-ni-end-LEE-cheh)
fēa
fēa, m.n: joy.
Flemish Romance of Alexander. Tournai, 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, pt. I, f. 78r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
wræc-lāst
wræc-lāst, m.n: the track of an exile. (WRACK-lost)
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