scrīc, n: a kind of thrush, screech, fieldfare, strike. (“shreech”)
Turdus pilaris. Photo taken in Rumia, Poland, by Adam Kumiszcza (CC BY 3.0). [commons.wikimedia.org]
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nafel-sceaft
nafel-sceaft, f.n: the navel. (“NA-vell-SHÆ-aft”)
un-sceamfæst
un-sceamfæst, adj: shameless, impudent. (“oon-SHÆ-ahm-fæst”)
A marginal figure pulling a face in the Gorleston Psalter. England, 1310-1324. British Library, Add MS 49622, f. 123r. [bl.uk]
efen-gemæcca
efen-gemæcca, m.n: a companion, husband; an equal, fellow, consort. (“AY-ven-yeh-MÆK-kah”)
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fūl-stincende
fūl-stincende, v.ptc: foul-stinking. (“FOOL-STEEN-chen-deh”)
A bonnacon. Image from unknown source–please comment if you know it. [lazerhorse.org]
ūht-wæcce
ūht-wæcce, f.n: a nightly vigil. (“ooht-WÆK-cheh”)
umbor
umbor, n.n: a child. (“OOM-bor”)
Mother with child holding onto three-wheeled walker, from a French Book of Hours (c. 1440). The Morgan Library and Museum, M.63, fol. 65r. [ica.themorgan.org]
costnigend
costnigend, m.n: a tempter. (“KOST-nee-yend”)
mold-stōw
mold-stōw, f.n: a place on the earth, a site, or a place in the earth, a grave. (“mold-stoh”)
crabba
crabba, m.n: a crab, crayfish; a sign of the zodiac, cancer. (“KRAB-ba”)
The zodiac sign Cancer, from a 15th-century Arabic manuscript known as Kitab al-bulhan. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133, f. 7r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
