mōna

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

mōna, m/f.n: the moon. (MO-na)

Diagrams of the eclipse of the moon in Nicholas of Lynn’s Kalendarium. England, between 1386 and c. 1400. London, British Library, Arundel 347, f. 34r. [bl.uk]

hāsian

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Hana Videen

hāsian, wk.v: to grow hoarse. (HA-zee-on)

flītere

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

flītere, m.n: contentious person, disputer. (FLEET-eh-reh)

Henry II and Thomas Becket argue in an Old French and Latin manuscript. N. England, c. 1307-c. 1327. London, British Library, Royal MS 20 A II, f. 7v. [bl.uk]

sōlsece

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

sōlsece, f.n: heliotrope (lit. ‘sun-seek’), a flower that is so-called because it’s supposed to turn its flowers towards the sun. (SOAL-zeh-cheh)

port-cwēn

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

port-cwēn, f.n: a prostitute. (PORT-KWAIN)

The ex-prostitute St Mary Magdalene in a book of hours. England (southeast? London?),
2nd quarter of the 14th century. London, British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f. 87r. [bl.uk]

cirman

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Hana Videen

cirman, wk.v: to make a noise, cry out, shout. (CHIRM-on)

befōran-cweðan

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

befōran-cweðan, wk.v: to foretell. (beh-VOR-on-KWAY-thon)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on laughter. Read it on Patreon.

Sibylla Phrygia, who foretold Christ’s crucifixion. *Sibyllae et prophetae de Christo Salvatore vaticinantes (The Sibyls and Prophets Foretelling Christ the Saviour)*. France (Tours), 1490-1500. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Cod.icon. 414, f. 12v.
[daten.digitale-sammlungen.de]

leahter

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

leahter, m.n: A moral defect, a crime, fault, offence, sin, vice, disgraceful or shameful act, reproach, opprobrium, blame, disgrace; a bodily defect, disease, disorder, hurt, malady. (LAY-ah-ter)

þanc-metung

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

þanc-metung, f.n: deliberation, consideration. (THONK-meh-tung)

Eadwine the scribe at work. The Eadwine Psalter (*Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini*). England (Canterbury), 12th century. Cambridge, Trinity College, MS. R.17.1, f. 283v.
[trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]

wyrtian

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Hana Videen

wyrtian, wk.v: to season, spice. (WUR-tee-on)

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