mearc-land

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

mearc-land, n.n: a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated; a district, country, territory. (MAY-ark-lond)

bēn-yrþ

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

bēn-yrþ, f.n: ploughed earth. (BAIN-urth)

William Langland’s Piers Plowman, 14th century. Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.14, f. 1v. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]

ge-þylmōd

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-þylmōd, adj: patient. (yeh-THULL-moad)

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up-godu

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

up-godu, pl.n.n: the gods above. (UP-GOD-uh)

bryten-grund

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

bryten-grund, m.n: spacious land, broad earth. (BRUH-ten-GRUND)

Pliny the Elder’s *Historia naturalis.* Italy (Rome), c. 1457-1458. London, British Library, MS Harley 2677, f. 1. [bl.uk]

lamb

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

lamb, n.n: lamb. (LAHMB / ˈlamb)

From the hymn ‘At the Lamb’s high feast we sing’ in a glossed hymnal (Latin-Old English). England (Canterbury), mid-11th century. London, British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f. 70v. [bl.uk] via [aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com]

ēaster-niht

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-niht, f.n: ‘Easter-night’, the night of Holy Saturday. (AY-ah-ster-NI-h’t)

ēaster-frēolsdæg

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-frēolsdæg, m.n: paschal feast, Passover. (AY-ah-ster-FRAY-olz-dæy)

Celebrants around a Seder table in North French Miscellany. France, 1277-1286. London, British Library, MS Additional 11639, f. 205. [bl.uk]

feorh-genīþla

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Hana Videen

feorh-genīþla, m.n: mortal enemy. (FAY-or’h-yeh-NEETH-la)

in-flēde

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

in-flēde, adj: full of water (of a stream). (in-FLAY-deh)

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