bōc-cist

bōc-cist, f.n: a repository for books, either for reading or for sale. (BOAK-CHIST / ˈboːk-ˌtʃɪst)

Look for The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English at your local bōc-cist – it’s out in the US & Canada today! Find out more.

A book, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, by Hana Videen, against a background of woven textiles. The cover background is white with a gold and red border with decorative gold dots. The title and author’s name are written inside an arched window shape, with a border of Old English words surrounding it: wæfre-gange, gafol-fisc, hring-finger, on-lucan, cwen, æg, dust, beo-gang, lig-draca, wyrd, dream-cræft, hærfest, and druncen-georn. The area surrounding the Old English word border has wood-cut style illustrations in red and gold, each in its own compartment but overlapping slightly: a spider, a fish, the letter h in a calligraphic style, a hand with a ring, a key, a woman carrying a basket of eggs, a bee, a dragon, an ink pot and quill with scroll of paper, a man playing a harp, a bundle of wheat, and a goblet. — Published in the UK by Profile Books on 11 November 2021. Published in the US and Canada by Princeton University Press today.

ǣwisc-fireniend

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Hana Videen

ǣwisc-fireniend, m.n: gloss for Latin ‘publicanus’ (publican, tax-collector), literally ‘one who commits shameful sin, shameless sinner’. (AE-wish-FIR-eh-ni-yend / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌfɪ-rɛ-nɪ-ɛnd)

ǣwisc

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

ǣwisc, adj: shameless, indecent, foul. (AE-wish / ˈæː-wɪʃ)

Today’s word is from Joe H. Learn more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

snegel

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Hana Videen

snegel, m.n: snail. (SNEH-yell / ˈsnɛ-jɛl)

Medieval manuscript image of a warrior in chainmail with one hand outstretched to a giant snail that sits on a leafy branch. — Gorleston Psalter; E England (Suffolk), 1310-1324; British Library, Add MS 49622, f. 185v. [bl.uk]

yrse-binn

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Hana Videen

yrse-binn, f.n: an iron box. (UER-zuh-BIN / ˈyr-zə-ˌbɪn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on York or ‘Boar-town’. Read it on Patreon.

ge-þōht

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-þōht, m.n: a thought, what a person thinks, an idea. (yeh-THO’HT / jɛ-ˈθoːxt)

Today I’m speaking at Eoforwīces Ge-þōhtas or #YorkIdeas. Find out more.

Online: The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English. Tuesday 21 June, 6pm to 7pm BST. Hana Videen. Free tickets. — Register for a free ticket at bit.ly/YorkFestWordhord

Eofor-wīc

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Hana Videen

Eofor-wīc, n.n: York. (EH-ov-or-WEECH / ˈɛɔ-vɔr-ˌwiːtʃ)

wuldor-fæder

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

wuldor-fæder, m.n: glory-father, the heavenly Father. (WULL-dor-VADD-er / ˈwʌl-dɔr-ˌvæ-dɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of God portrayed as a brown-haired and bearded man with a halo who is wearing red and green; he looks calm as he hovers over the world. — Stammheim Missal; N Germany, probably 1170s; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 64 (97.MG.21), f. 10v. [getty.edu]

lang-sweored

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Hana Videen

lang-sweored, adj: long-necked, having a long neck. (LAHNG-SWEH-oh-red / ˈlaŋ-ˌswɛɔ-rɛd)

Medieval manuscript image of a rosy-cheeked hybrid man with a very long blue neck which he grasps with one hand, and animal legs with hooves standing on a ball. — Book of Hours; France (Saint-Omer), 1320-9; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.754, f. 9v. [ica.themorgan.org]

sib-sum

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Hana Videen

sib-sum, adj: peaceable, friendly. (SIB-sum / ˈsɪb-sʌm)

bell-hūs

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Hana Videen

bell-hūs, n.n: bell tower, belfry. (BELL-HOOS / ˈbɛl-ˌhuːs)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three tonsured priests standing with a bishop, wearing a mitre, who gestures to a church with two bells in the belfry. — Missal; England (Cambridge?), c. 1320; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.107, f. 216r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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