tama

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Hana Videen

tama, m.n: tameness. (TAH-ma / ˈta-ma)

Medieval manuscript image of a man training a dog with a stick. — Romance of Alexander; Belgium (Tournai), 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264, f. 108r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

ealdhrȳþer-flǣsc

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Hana Videen

ealdhrȳþer-flǣsc, n.n: meat of a mature or full-grown bullock, glossing Latin succidia (joint of pork, flitch of bacon). (EH-ald-hrue-ther-FLASH / ˈɛald-hryː-θɛr-ˌflæːʃ)

pull-spere

Posted on April 11, 2026 by Hana Videen

pull-spere, n.n: a ‘pool-spear’, reed (such as grows by pools). (PULL-SPEH-ruh / ˈpʌl-ˌspɛ-rə)

emn-scēolere

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Hana Videen

emn-scēolere, m.n: a fellow scholar. (EH-mun-SHAY-oll-leh-ruh / ˈɛ-mən-ˌʃeːɔ-lɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of two apes looking at an open book; an elderly man and a human-sized cat walk towards them carrying their own open books. — Romance of Alexander; Belgium (Tournai), 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264, f. 96r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

mīn

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Hana Videen

mīn, pronoun: of me, mine. (MEEN / ˈmiːn)

min

Posted on April 8, 2026 by Hana Videen

min, adj: small; mean, vile. (MIN / ˈmɪn)

in-timbrian

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Hana Videen

in-timbrian, wk.v: to instruct. (in-TIM-bri-ahn / ɪn-ˈtɪm-brɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman with a set-square and compass showing a group of men various shapes on a table. — Scholastic Miscellany; France (Paris), c. 1309-1316; British Library, MS Burney 275, f. 293. [commons.wikimedia.org]

cēping

Posted on April 6, 2026 by Hana Videen

cēping, f.n: observation. (KAY-ping / ˈkeː-pɪŋ)

sigor-wuldor

Posted on April 5, 2026 by Hana Videen

sigor-wuldor, n.n: triumphant glory, glory of the victor. (SIH-gor-WULL-dor / ˈsɪ-gɔr-ˌwʌl-dɔr)

ge-nerenes

Posted on April 4, 2026 by Hana Videen

ge-nerenes, f.n: a taking away, deliverance. (yeh-NEH-reh-ness / jɛ-ˈnɛ-rɛ-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript image of Jesus holding a cross, bleeding from his five wounds, leading naked people out of a gaping hell-mouth; further inside the mouth an angel puts a chain around the devil’s neck. — Harrowing of Hell in Miroir Historial; France, 14th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 312, f. 317v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

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