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prass

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Hana Videen

prass, n: pomp, array, parade. (PRAHS / ˈpɹas)

A medieval manuscript illustration of five figures holding hands in a procession or dance. From left to right, a man with a deer head, a human woman, a man with a rabbit head, a man with a boar head, and a human woman.
Marginalia from the Romance of Alexander. Flanders, 1338-1344. Bodleian Library, MS Bodl. 264, f. 21v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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geolca

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Hana Videen

geolca, m.n: yolk. (YEH-ol-ka / ˈjɛɔl-ka)

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geafel

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

geafel, m.n: fork. (YEH-ah-vel / ˈjɛa-vɛl)

A manuscript illustration shows two hairy brown devils forcing three naked humans into the flames in a giant beast's mouth. One of the sharp implements used to poke and prod the humans appears to be a long fork.
Breviari d’Amor. S France (Toulouse?), 1st quarter of 14th century. British Library, Royal MS 19 C I, f. 185v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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swīgen

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Hana Videen

swīgen, f.n: silence, refraining from speech. (SWEE-yen / ˈswiː-jɛn)

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blēd-hwæt

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Hana Videen

blēd-hwæt, adj: quick-growing(?); fruitful(?). (BLAYD-H’WAT / ˈbleːd-ˌhwæt)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the melting of sea-towers. Read it on Patreon.

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mere-torr

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Hana Videen

mere-torr, m.n: a tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea). (MEH-reh-TOR / ˈmɛ-ɹɛ-ˌtɔɹ)

A manuscript page shows many soldiers on horseback trapped in a towering wave of water. Their spears and the tops of their helmets still poke out the top of the wave.
Bible Pictures by William de Brailes; England, c. 1230; Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.106.11V. [art.thewalters.org]

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ful-lǣstan

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Hana Videen

ful-lǣstan, wk.v: to help, aid, support. (full-LAST-ahn / fʌl-ˈlæːst-an)

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bān-cofa

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Hana Videen

bān-cofa, m.n: bone-chamber, a kenning for the body. (BAHN-KOV-ah / ˈbaːn-ˌkɔ-va)

A man's body appears on a manuscript page. His bones are drawn on top of body. The man has a bemused expression. He is cross-eyed with a disproportionately large mouth.
Treatise on the human body. England, c.1292. Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 399, f. 20r. [iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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hrēoh

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

hrēoh, adj: fierce, savage, rough (of the weather, the sea, etc.), stormy, tempestuous, disturbed (of the mind). (H’RAY-oh / ˈhɹeːɔh)

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lang-toh

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Hana Videen

lang-toh, adj: long-drawn, extensive. (LAHNG-toh / ˈlaŋ-ˌtɔh)

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