buoptalmon

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Hana Videen

buoptalmon, n.n: ox-eye, chamomile. (BUH-op-tal-mon / ˈbʌ-ɔp-tal-mɔn)

ramm

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Hana Videen

ramm, m.n: a ram (animal); an instrument for pounding or battering. (RAHM / ˈram)

Medieval manuscript image of two rams, one brown and one white, butting heads against a strange looking tree. — Aries in a Psalter; England, 13th century; Cambridge, Trinity College, B.11.4, d. ii r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]

ge-wrid

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Hana Videen

ge-wrid, n.n: a place where shrubs grow, thicket. (yeh-WRID / jɛ-ˈwrɪd)

ende-mes

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Hana Videen

ende-mes, adv: equally, likewise, in like manner, together. (EN-deh-mess / ˈɛn-dɛ-mɛs)

wæstm-līc

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Hana Videen

wæstm-līc, adj: fruitful. (WASS-tum-leech / ˈwæs-təm-liːtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of one man digging the soil with a shovel and another carrying a bag and looking down at the hole. — The labours of March in a Psalter; England, 13th century; Cambridge, Trinity College, B.11.4, d. ii r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]

nergend

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Hana Videen

nergend, m.n: saviour, preserver. (NER-yend / ˈnɛr-jɛnd)

un-clǣnness

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Hana Videen

un-clǣnness, f.n: impurity, foulness (in a physical sense); impurity, obscenity (in a moral sense). (UN-KLAN-ness / ˈʌn-ˌklæːn-nɛs)

sprecan

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Hana Videen

sprecan, str.v: to speak. (SPREH-kahn / ˈsprɛ-kan)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man with grey hair and beard preaching from a pulpit to a seated congregation of men. — St Patrick, La Legende des Sains; France (Paris), c. 1325-1350; Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 185, f. 186v. [portail.biblissima.fr]

friþu

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Hana Videen

friþu, f.n: peace; protection, security, safety from harm or injury; state of friendly relations; absence of conflict. (FRITH-uh / ˈfrɪ-θʌ)

geond-lēohtend

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Hana Videen

geond-lēohtend, m.n: one who illuminates throughout or entirely; a hapax that mistakenly renders Latin perlustrator (one who examines entirely, surveyor) as if ‘illuminator of all’. (YEH-ond-LAY-o-h’tend / ˈjɛɔnd-ˌleːɔx-tɛnd)