ancor-līf

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

ancor-līf, n.n: eremitic life; life as a hermit, religious recluse or anchorite. (AHN-kor-leef)

St Guthlac in one of his less reclusive moments. Guthlac Roll. Abbey of Crowland (Lincolnshire), 1175-1215. London, British Library, Harley Roll Y 6, f. 4r. [bl.uk]

dūstig

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Hana Videen

dūstig, adj: dusty. (DOOST-ee)

Palm-sunnandæg

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Hana Videen

Palm-sunnandæg, m.n: Palm Sunday (a moveable feast day commemorating Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, one week before Easter). [PALM-SUN-non-DÆY]

Christ on a donkey, en route to Jerusalem. The Taymouth Hours. England (London?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century. London, British Library, MS Yates Thompson 13, f. 114v. [bl.uk]

earfoþ-hwīl

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

earfoþ-hwīl, f.n: a time of hardship. (EH-ar-voth-HWEEL / ˈɛar-vɔθ-ˌhwiːl)

wyrttrumian

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

wyrttrumian, wk.v: to take root. (WURT-TRUM-ee-ahn)

regn-scūr

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

regn-scūr, m.n: a shower of rain, a shower. (RAYN-shoor)

Croesus in John Lydgate’s Middle English translation of Boccaccio’s *Fall of Princes.* England (probably Suffolk), c. 1450-c. 1460. London, British Library, MS Harley 1766, f. 133r. [bl.uk]

hiwung

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

hiwung, f.n: forming, shaping, form, figure, pretence, feigning, hypocrisy, dissimulation. (HIH-wung)

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fyrwit-georn

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

fyrwit-georn, adj: curious, inquisitive, eager for knowledge. (FUER-wit-YEH-orn / ˈfyr-wɪt-ˌjɛɔrn)

lǣce-hūs

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

lǣce-hūs, n.n: a hospital, building where the sick or injured are cared for. (LATCH-eh-HOOS)

James le Palmer’s *Omne Bonum*. England (London), c. 1360-c. 1375. London, British Library, Royal 6 E VI, f. 70. [medievalists.net]

gēan-gang

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

gēan-gang, m.n: a going back, return; a going to meet. (YAY-on-gong)

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