ge-neahhe

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

ge-neahhe, adv: enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly. (yeh-NAY-ah-heh)

regol

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

regol, m.n: a rule; pattern, standard, norm; a canon, prescript; the body of rules which guide a particular order of ecclesiastics. (REH-gol)

St Benedict handing his disciple St Maurus his Rule. Nîmes, 1129. British Library, Add MS 16979, f. 21v. [bl.uk]

bēcniendlīce

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

bēcniendlīce, adv: allegorically or by parable. (BAKE-ni-end-LEE-cheh)

fēa

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

fēa, m.n: joy. (FAY-ah / ˈfeːa)

98dfb9a2ee798b9b5a54776ef37cd071 — Flemish Romance of Alexander. Tournai, 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, pt. I, f. 78r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]

wræc-lāst

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

wræc-lāst, m.n: the track of an exile. (WRACK-lost)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the medicinal properties of dog drool and other medieval hund facts. Read it on Patreon.

cirio-mangung

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

cirio-mangung, f.n: church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony. (CHIR-ee-oh-MAHN-gung)

A bishop accused of simony by two fornicators. Miniature on a cutting from a leaf from Gratian’s Decretum (Causa VI), attributed to an artist of the Milemete group. 67 × 66 mm. England, c. 1320-1330. Apparently stolen: if you see (or have seen) it, please contact info@samfogg.com. [mssprovenance.blogspot.com]