weg-fērend

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Hana Videen

weg-fērend, m.n: wayfarer, traveller. (WEY-FAY-rend / ˈwɛj-ˌfeː-rɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a rosy-cheeked man with a staff riding a cheerful-looking camel through some trees. — Rochester Bestiary; SE England (Rochester?), c. 1230-14th century; British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 38v. [bl.uk]

ealdor-dōm

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

ealdor-dōm, m.n: authority, power; primacy, pre-eminence; rule, sovereignty, lordship. (EH-all-dor-DOAM / ˈɛal-dɔr-ˌdoːm)

lām-smiþ

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

lām-smiþ, m.n: worker in clay, potter. (LAHM-SMITH / ˈlaːm-ˌsmɪθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a man straddling a large potters wheel; in one hand he grips a long stick for spinning the wheel and in the other hand he uses a knife to sculpt a lump of clay. — St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei, trans by Raoul de Presles; France, 14th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 22912, f. 227v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

orsorgness

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Hana Videen

orsorgness, f.n: freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity; prosperity. (OR-SOR’GH-ness / ˈɔr-ˌsɔrx-nɛs)

puslian

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Hana Videen

puslian, wk.v: to pick out the best bits. (PUH-zli-ahn / ˈpʌz-lɪ-an)

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Medieval manuscript image of a woman opening a large chest full of golden donut-shaped objects while looking behind herself cautiously, a distaff or long stick with wool fibre tucked into her belt. — Book of Hours; Flemish, early 14th century; Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.22, f. 213r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]

calu

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Hana Videen

calu, adj: bald, without hair. (KAH-luh / ˈka-lʌ)

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Medieval manuscript image of bald man’s head and arms extending down from part of a large initial, his right hand raised to his chin and his left hanging below him. — Psalter; France (possibly Saint-Omer), 13th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.79, f. 112r. [ica.themorgan.org]

ǣmta

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Hana Videen

ǣmta, m.n: leisure; freedom or opportunity (to do something). (AM-ta / ˈæːm-ta)

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cȳðere

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Hana Videen

cȳðere, m.n: a witness; a martyr, one who bears witness by his death. (KUE-theh-ruh / ˈkyː-θɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of archers shooting arrows into a man bound to a tree; the man gazes up at the clouds from which a hand is shown giving a gesture of blessing. — Life & Miracles of St Edmund; England (Bury St Edmunds), c. 1130; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.736, f. 14r. [themorgan.org]

un-slāw

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Hana Videen

un-slāw, adj: not slow, not sluggish, active, ready, quick. (UN-SLAW / ˈʌn-ˌslaː)

gærs-swīn

Posted on September 11, 2021 by Hana Videen

gærs-swīn, n.n: ‘grass-swine’, i.e. a swine paid to a lord for the privilege of pasturing swine on his meadows or grassland. (GAERS-SWEEN / ˈgærs-ˌswiːn)

Medieval manuscript image of a mama boar crouching down in the grass, looking at her five babies who look back at her. — Livre de la chasse; France (Paris), c. 1406-7; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1044, f. 20v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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