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Author Archives: Hana Videen

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snot

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

snot, n.n: snot. (SNOT / ˈsnɔt)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the fate of the geōsceaft-gāst. Read it on Patreon.

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hrif

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

hrif, n.n: the womb, belly. (H’RIFF)

Diagram of female reproductive system from De physiognomia. England, late 13th century. Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS Ashmole 399, f. 13v. [thinking3d.ac.uk]

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fōr-mete

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

fōr-mete, m.n: provisions for a journey (‘fare-food’). (FOR-MEH-teh)

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gēo-sceaft-gāst

Posted on October 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

gēo-sceaft-gāst, m.n: a fatal, dire spirit or ancient spirit (definition uncertain). (YAY-oh-SHEH-aft-GAHST)

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wiccian

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

wiccian, wk.v: to practise witchcraft. (WITCH-ee-ahn)

Zoroaster in ‘The Treasury’. Italy (Florence), 1425. British Library, Yates Thompson 28, f. 51r. [bl.uk]

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lācnestre

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Hana Videen

lācnestre, f.n: a (female) physician, doctor. (LAHK-nez-treh)

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lǣce-feoh

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

lǣce-feoh, n.n: a physician’s fee, money paid to a doctor. (LATCH-eh-VEH-oh)

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bēod-hrægl

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

bēod-hrægl, n.n: a tablecloth. (BAY-odd-HRAEL)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the word bēod. Read it on Patreon.

Wedding at Cana, in a psalter. England (Oxford), early 13th century. British Library, Arundel 157, f. 6v. [bl.uk]
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bēod

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Hana Videen

bēod, m.n: a table. (BAY-odd)

King Charles V’s feast in Grandes chroniques de France. France (Paris), c. 1375-1380. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. fr. 2813, f. 473v. [blogs.getty.edu]

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þēod-egesa

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Hana Videen

þēod-egesa, m.n: a terror that affects whole nations, a mighty, general terror. (THAY-odd-EH-yeh-za)

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