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Weogorna-ceaster

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Hana Videen

Weogorna-ceaster, n: Worcester. (WEH-aw-gor-na-CHEH-ah-ster / ˈwɛɔ-gɔr-na-ˌtʃɛa-stɛr)

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hīg-sīþe

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Hana Videen

hīg-sīþe, m.n: a hay-scythe. (HEE-SEE-thuh / ˈhiː-ˌsiː-θə)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man wearing a hat mowing grass with a scythe.
July calendar page; Belgium (Liège), c. 1250; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.908.3, f. 1v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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gemet-fæst

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Hana Videen

gemet-fæst, adj: moderate, modest. (yeh-MET-fast / jɛ-ˈmɛt-fæst)

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frāsung

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Hana Videen

frāsung, f.n: an asking, inquiring, tempting, temptation. (FRAH-zung / ˈfra-zʌŋ)

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drenc-horn

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Hana Videen

drenc-horn, m.n: drinking-horn. (DRENK-HORN / ˈdrɛnk-ˌhɔrn)

A large plaster drinking horn with silver-gilt and niello mounts that consist of bird head terminal with ribbing and a rim band with human and rosette motifs; triangular mounts run along the lower edge of the rim band.
Reconstruction of a drinking horn with the original mounts; England (found at Taplow), 6th-7th centuries; British Museum 1883,1214.20. [britishmuseum.org]

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afȳrida

Posted on June 27, 2026 by Hana Videen

afȳrida, m.n: a eunuch; a castrated animal; a castrated servant or courtier. (ah-FUE-rid-ah / a-ˈfyː-rɪ-da)

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ege

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Hana Videen

ege, m.n: fear, terror, dread; awe, respectful fear, reverence. (EH-yuh / ˈɛ-jə)

Poorly drawn medieval illustration of three sailors in a boat, their eyes wide in terror and hands clasped in prayer, and a siren with a woman’s head and arms and a fish tail and a mysterious forked limb protruding from its back.
Siren and sailors in Physiologus; Germany/Bavaria, 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 10448, f. 119r. [mandragore.bnf.fr]
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scearp-smēaung

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Hana Videen

scearp-smēaung, f.n: a sharp, strict examination or argument. (SHEH-arp-SMAY-ah-ung / ˈʃɛarp-ˌsmeːa-ʌŋ)

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nafu-bor

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Hana Videen

nafu-bor, n: an auger. (NA-vuh-BOR / ˈna-vʌ-ˌbɔr)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man using an auger to bore into the right eye of a bishop who calmly raises his right hand, crozier in his left.
The torture of Leodegarius of Autun in Cuerden Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1270; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.756, f. 10r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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wīd-gil

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Hana Videen

wīd-gil, adj: wide-spreading, spacious, vast, broad. (WEED-yill / ˈwiːd-jɪl)

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