Author Archives: Hana Videen

hearpe-streng

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

hearpe-streng, m.n: a harp-string. (HAY-ar-peh-STRENG)

The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 245r. [bl.uk]

cweðs ðū lā

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

cweðs ðū lā, interjection: Oh, you say! (KWETHS-thoo-LA / ˈkwɛθs-θuː-ˌlaː)

swinsung-cræft

Posted on September 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

swinsung-cræft, m.n: music. (SWIN-zung-KRAFT)

A rabbit plays the pipe-organ as a dog works the bellows. The Macclesfield Psalter. England (East Anglia), c. 1330-1340. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, f. 15r. [fitzwilliam.cam.ac.uk]

wār

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

wār, n.n: seaweed; sand, strand. (WAHR)

sulh

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

sulh, n/f.n: a plough; the quantity of land which could be cultivated with one plough. (SULH)

fald-gang

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

fald-gang, m.n: fold-going, putting sheep in fold to manure the land. (FALD-gong)

The Queen Mary Psalter. England, between 1310 and 1320. British Library, Royal 2 B VII, f. 74. [bl.uk]

gāst-berend

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

gāst-berend, m.n: a spirit-bearer, soul-bearer, living person, man. (GAHST-beh-rend)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the many meanings of mæl. Read it on Patreon.

fierd

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

fierd, f.n: an army, force, expedition. (FYERD)

scip-wyrhta

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

scip-wyrhta, m.n: a shipwright, builder of ships. (SHIP-WUER-h’ta / ˈʃɪp-ˌwyrx-ta)

ge-monian

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

ge-monian, wk.v: to admonish, exhort, remind. (yeh-MO-nee-yan)