benc-sittende, v.ptc: sitting on a bench. (“BENCH-SIT-ten-deh”)
A drinking bench. Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany with a metrical calendar. England (Canterbury?), mid-11th century. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, fol. 4v. [bl.uk]
wolcen-faru, f.n: the cloud-host, the moving clouds. (“WOHL-chen-FA-roo”)
Two groups of the nimbed Elect in Heaven (including a veiled woman and a tonsured deacon holding a palm), all standing amid clouds above a row of stars. Miscellany. Italy (Naples), last quarter of the 14th century. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 4v. [ica.themorgan.org]
mistian, wk.v: to grow dim. (“ME-stee-ahn”)
wil-dæg, m.n: a welcome day. (“weel-dæγ”)
pyngan, wk.v: to prick. (“PUN-gahn”)
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fugelere, m.n: a fowler. (“FOO-yeh-leh-reh”)
Hawker from a psalter, with calendar and canticles, by the Ste.-Chapelle group. Central France (Paris?), last quarter of the 13th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 18, f. 4. [bl.uk]
wæfer-stōw, f.n: a place for spectacles, an amphitheatre. (“WÆ-vair-stoh”)
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līf-wynn, f.n: a pleasure or joy of life. (“leev-wuhn”)
of-hrēowan, wk.v: to cause grief or pity; to feel pity. (“ov-HRAY-oh-wan”)
fæðmian, wk.v: to fathom, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devour. (“FÆTH-me-ahn”)
