æsc-wīga

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

æsc-wīga, m.n: spear-warrior. (ASH-WEE-ga / ˈæʃ-ˌwiː-ga)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the virtues of jet. Read it on Patreon.

lapian

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Hana Videen

lapian, wk.v: to lap with the tongue; to take up (liquid) with the tongue, lap, lick up or drink up greedily. (LA-pi-ahn / ˈla-pɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a cat lapping milk from a bowl held by a grinning monkey. — Trivulzio Book of Hours. Flanders, c. 1470. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, f. 110v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

bōt-dæg

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Hana Videen

bōt-dæg, m.n: day for atonement or penance. (BOAT-DAEY / ˈboːt-ˌdæj)

cwylla

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Hana Videen

cwylla, m.n: a well, spring. (KWUL-la / ˈkwɝl-la)

Medieval manuscript image of two men talking by a well, one of whom is holding a bucket, and a third man drawing water from the well using a pulley system. — Digest of Justinian. Italy (Bologna), early 14th century. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 493, f. 153r. [digital.bodleian.oxford.ac.uk]

mōd-blind

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

mōd-blind, adj: having the mind’s eye darkened, undiscerning. (MOAD-BLIND / ˈmoːd-ˌblɪnd)

not-georn

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

not-georn, adj: busy in useful employment, profitably employed, diligent in business. (NOT-YEH-orn / ˈnɔt-ˌjɛɔɹn)

gagātes

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

gagātes, n: jet. (GA-GAH-tehs / ˈga-ˌgaː-tɛs)

Pawn made of black jet, decorated with a dot and circle motif. — Chess piece (pawn) made of jet. Western Islamic lands, 9th-11th century. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, item 1974.98.2 (gallery 457). [metmuseum.org]

lāf

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

lāf, f.n: what is left, remnant, remains, relic, remainder. (LAHF / ˈlaːf)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on sib and siblings. Read it on Patreon.

efen-niht

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

efen-niht, f.n: ‘even-night’, equinox. (EH-ven-NI’HT / ˈɛ-vɛn-ˌnɪht)

Medieval manuscript page with a circular diagram, showing circles bearing the Latin word SOL lined up in various ways. — Diagram of the solstices & equinoxes in a cosmography manuscript. England, late 12th century. Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.73, f. 3r. [thedigitalwalters.org]

sib

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

sib, f.n: relationship; friendliness, kindness, the opposite of hostility; peace, the opposite of war; peace of mind, freedom from agitation, fear, etc. (SIB / ˈsɪb)

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