belle

belle, f.n: bell. (BELL-uh / ˈbɛl-lə)

Medieval manuscript image of a king striking two bells, with a mallet in each hand, that hang above the bench where he sits.
Gospel Lectionary; France (Paris), late 13th century; British Library, Add MS 17341, f. 6v. [bl.uk]

One thought on “belle

  1. My copy of your book arrived, spent a lovely few hours curled up on the sofa with a mug of tea whilst the rain lashed down in torrents.
    If anybody is debating whether to purchase it or not, one of my hobbies is etymology. If you are like me, who loves old words, then this book is a must buy.
    Seasons greetings.

    Like

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.