scyte-finger

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Hana Videen

scyte-finger, m.n: index finger (shooting-finger or arrow-finger). (SHUE-tuh-FING-ger / ˈʃy-tə-ˌfɪŋ-gər)

sweoloþ

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Hana Videen

sweoloþ, m.n: heat, burning. (SWEH-oh-loth / ˈswɛɔ-lɔθ)

winter-stund

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Hana Videen

winter-stund, f.n: a year’s space. (WIN-ter-STUND / ˈwɪn-tɛɹ-ˌstʌnd)

worn-gehāt

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Hana Videen

worn-gehāt, n.n: a promise of a numerous progeny. (WORN-yeh-HAHT / ˈwɔrn-jɛ-ˌhaːt)

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday I’ve recorded myself reading a passage of Christ II in Old English, which makes use of the wonderful word wīd-wegas. Listen on Patreon.

medieval_class_bohemia — Class in Bohemia, from a Latin manuscript. Bohemia, late 14th century. Wikimedia Commons. [commons.wikimedia.org]

ge-coren

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Hana Videen

ge-coren, v: chosen, choice, good, beloved, dear. (yeh-KOR-en / jɛ-ˈkɔ-ɹɛn)

of-brytsig

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Hana Videen

of-brytsig, adj: very broken. (of-BRUET-sih / ɔf-ˈbryt-sɪj)

snīwan

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Hana Videen

snīwan, wk.v: to snow. (SNEE-wahn / ˈsniː-wan)

screen-shot-2017-02-07-at-10-12-13 — Miniature of three sinners standing in a hell-mouth, being tormented by devils throwing ice and snow. *Breviari d’Amor* (Catalan prose version), by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers. E. Spain (Catalonia, Gerona?), last quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 31, f. 170v. [bl.uk]

wæfer-hūs

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Hana Videen

wæfer-hūs, n.n: a theatre, amphitheatre. (WAE-ver-HOOS / ˈwæ-vɛr-ˌhuːs)

wīd-wegas

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Hana Videen

wīd-wegas, m.n (plural): ‘wide-ways’, distant regions, regions far and wide. (WEED-WEH-gahs / ˈwiːd-ˌwɛ-gas)

The Map Psalter. England (S.E.? – London/Westminster?), 1262-1300. British Library, Add MS 28681, f. 9r. [bl.uk]

ge-lǣstan

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Hana Videen

ge-lǣstan, wk.v: to do, perform, accomplish; to accompany, follow, serve; to continue, remain, endure. (yeh-LAE-stahn / jɛ-ˈlæː-stan)

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