wrenc, m.n: a trick, artifice, wile, stratagem; a modulation of the voice. (WRENK)
cnucel
cnucel, m.n: a knuckle, joint. (K’NUCK’ell)
rǣran
rǣran, wk.v: to cause to rise, to rear, raise; to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position; to set up, establish; to give rise to, excite; to exalt. (RA-rahn)
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Judas Maccabeus besieging the Acra. Alba Bible. Spain, 1433. [commons.wikimedia.org]
þrēat
þrēat, m.n: a troop, band, crowd, body of people, swarm, press, throng. (THRAY-aht)
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mynster-gang
mynster-gang, m.n: going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life. (MUN-ster-GONG)
Vitae patrum. Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 134r. [ica.themorgan.org]
mǣg
mǣg, m.n: a relative, kinsman. Also, f.n: a woman, kinswoman. (MA-γ)
gūþ-fugel
gūþ-fugel, m.n: a bird of war, eagle. (GOOTH-fuh-yell)
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Bestiary. England, c. 1225-1250. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 57v. [bestiary.ca]
gūþ-frec
gūþ-frec, adj: bold in war. (GOOTH-freck)
endleofan-gilde
endleofan-gilde, adj: entitled to elevenfold compensation. (END-lay-ov-on-YILL-deh)
endleofan
endleofan, n/adj/numeral: 11. (END-lay-ov-on)
Endleofan and the demogorgon from the medieval epic ‘Stranger þings’. Variation on the Welles Apocalypse, c. 1310. British Library, Royal MS. 15 D.ii, f. 156r. See the original on the British Library website.
