fēond-sceaþa

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Hana Videen

fēond-sceaþa, m.n: enemy, hostile ravager. (FAY-ond-SHEH-ah-tha / ˈfeːɔnd-ˌʃɛa-θa)

Medieval manuscript image of a donkey with a long spear fighting a snail with a large curved sword. — Pontifical de Guillaume Durand. France (Avignon), c. 1357. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 143, f. 179v. [bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr]

dæg

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Hana Videen

dæg, m.n: day; person’s lifetime; name of the D-rune ᛞ. (DAIE / ˈdæj)

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heorþ

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Hana Videen

heorþ, m.n: hearth, fireplace; home, household. (HEH-orth / ˈhɛɔrθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a man in a castle warming his hands near the fireplace. — *Lancelot du Lac*. N France (Saint-Omer or Tournai), c. 1316. British Library, Add MS 10293, f. 187v. [bl.uk]

ūr

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Hana Videen

ūr, m.n: a kind of ox, bison, aurochs; name of the U-rune ᚢ. (OOR / ˈuːɹ)

word-sāwere

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Hana Videen

word-sāwere, m.n: word-sower, sower of words. (WORD-SAH-weh-ruh / ˈwɔɹd-ˌsaː-wɛ-ɹə)

olfend-mere

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Hana Videen

olfend-mere, f.n: female camel. (OL-vend-MEH-ruh / ˈɔl-vɛnd-ˌmɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman giving a man water to drink from a well, with two camels waiting beside them. — *Speculum humanae salvationis.* SW Germany or Austria, 1330-1340. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. sn 2612, f. 10r. [realonline.imareal.sbg.ac.at]

ēfstan

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Hana Videen

ēfstan, wk.v: to hasten, draw near, approach, make haste, be quick. (AYV-stahn / ˈeːv-stan)

cilic

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Hana Videen

cilic, m.n: garment made of hair, hair-shirt. (CHILL-itch / ˈtʃɪl-ɪtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman holding up a hair-shirt for a tonsured man; the illustration is inside the letter N in the Latin word ‘nisi’. — De Brailes Hours. England (Oxford), c. 1240. British Library, Add MS 49999, f. 49r. [blogs.bl.uk]

ellen-axe

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Hana Videen

ellen-axe, f.n: elder ash(es), ash(es) of burnt elder-wood. (EL-len-AHK-suh / ˈɛl-lɛn-ˌak-sə)

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gnornian

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Hana Videen

gnornian, wk.v: to feel grief, regret; to feel or express discontent, murmur. (G’NOR-ni-yahn / ˈgnɔɹ-nɪ-an)

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