mete-awul, m.n: a meat-hook, flesh-hook (a culinary tool used to retrieve large chunks of meat from cooking pots). (MEH-teh-AH-wul)
Anglo-Saxon iron flesh-hook. Northumbria (England), 9th-10th century. British Museum 1995,0901.20. [britishmuseum.org]
wiþer-breca, m.n: an adversary. (WITH-er-BREH-ka / ˈwɪ-θɛɹ-ˌbɹɛ-ka)
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scēawend-wīse, f.n: a jesting song, song of a jester. (SHAY-ah-wend-WEE-zeh)
Chroniques sire Jehan Froissart. France, 15th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 2643, f. 312v. [gallica.bnf.fr]
styrman, wk.v: (of weather) to storm, rage; (of persons) to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout. (STUR-mon)
fregen-seldlic, adj: very strange, very wonderful. (FRAY-yen-SELD-lich)
hǣmed-ceorl, m.n: a married man. (HAM-ed-CHAY-orl)
Detail of groom. Miniature on vellum by Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna, 1350s. Washington, DC, Rosenwald Collection 1961.17.5. [nga.gov]
hǣmed-wīf, n.n: a married woman. (HAM-ed-WEEF)
Detail of bride and musicians. Miniature on vellum by Niccolò di Giacomo da Bologna, 1350s. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection 1961.17.5. [nga.gov]
rēonig, adj: mournful, sad, gloomy, weary. (RAY-oh-neeγ)
bēcnan, wk.v: to indicate, denote, signify. (BAKE-nahn)
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