sārig

Oyster in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der naturen bloeme. Netherlands (Utrecht), 14th century. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek KB KA 16, f. 108v. [commons.wikimedia.org]

gnæt

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

gnæt, m.n: gnat. (G’NAT / ˈgnæt)

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bōc-hord

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

bōc-hord, n/m.n: library, repository for books. (BOAK-HORD / ˈboːk-ˌhɔrd)

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Medieval manuscript image of a man with a halo writing in a book, with a cabinet of books behind him. — Codex Amiatinus. England, c. 700. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Amiatino 1. [wikipedia.org]

giwian

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

giwian, wk.v: to ask. (YIH-wih-yan / ˈjɪ-wɪ-an)

ge-frettan

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

ge-frettan, wk.v: to devour. (yeh-FRET-tahn / jɛ-ˈfɹɛt-tan)

Medieval manuscript image of a hungry griffin carrying off a horse in its talons. — Griffin in a bestiary. England, 1226–1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 11v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

þēowing

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

þēowing, f.n: a rebuke. (THAY-oh-wing / ˈθeːɔ-wɪŋ)

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