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Monthly Archives: May 2015

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hēafod-gim

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

hēafod-gim, m.n: eye (head-gem). (HAY-ah-vod-YIM / ˈheːa-vɔd-ˌjɪm)

Illustration from a medical miscellany that includes the ‘book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets’; British Library, MS Sloane 981 (fol. 68r). England; last quarter of the 14th or first quarter of the 15th century.
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hyll

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

hyll, f.n: a hill. (HULL / ˈhɝl)

Luttrell Psalter. England (Lincolnshire), 14th century. British Library, MS Add. 42130, fol. 176v.
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wælhrēowlīce

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

wælhrēowlīce, adv: cruelly, horribly, atrociously. (WAEL-HRAY-oh-lee-chuh / ˈwæl-ˌhɹeːɔw-liː-tʃə)

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wuldor-geflogena

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Hana Videen

wuldor-geflogena, m.n: a fugitive from glory, an evil spirit. (WULL-dor-yeh-FLOH-yeh-na / ˈwʌl-dɔɹ-jɛ-ˌflɔ-jɛ-na)

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teol-þyrel

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Hana Videen

teol-þyrel, n.n: a window. (TEH-oll-THUH-rull / ˈtɛɔl-ˌθɝ-ɹəl)

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heorte

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Hana Videen

heorte, f.n: heart. (HEH-or-tuh / ˈhɛɔr-tə)

Also, the topic of my paper today in session 500 at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies!

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waþema

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Hana Videen

waþema, m.n: moving water, wave, flood. (WA-thuh-ma / ˈwa-θə-ma)

Koninklijke Bibliotheek: Jacob van Maerlant. Spiegel historiael. West Vlaanderen ca. 1350. Signature KA 20. The dove returns to the Noah’s Ark with and olive branch, fol. 5r b.
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sōþfæstness

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Hana Videen

sōþfæstness, f.n: truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity; truth, righteousness, justice; truth of speech or thought. (SOATH-fast-ness / ˈsoːθ-fæst-nɛs)

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hyge-wælm

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Hana Videen

hyge-wælm, m.n: agitation of the mind, violent emotion (e.g. anger). (HUH-yuh-WAELM / ˈhɝ-jə-ˌwælm)

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hēafod-hrægel

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Hana Videen

hēafod-hrægel, n.n: a bolster or pillow. (HAY-ah-vod-HRAE-yull / ˈheːa-vɔd-ˌhræ-jəl)

Joseph adjusts Mary’s pillow in this 13th-century English psalter. British Library, Royal 1 D. x, f. 1v. [britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk]
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