sǣl-wang

sǣl-wang, m.n: a fertile plain, plain. (SAL-wang)

lēaf-helmig

lēaf-helmig, adj: having a leafy top. [LAY-ahv-HEL-miγ]

Historia plantarum. Italy (Milan), c. 1395-1400. Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 459, p. 212, via World Digital Library. [wdl.org]

ge-beterung, f.n: an amending, bettering, making better. [yeh-BEH-teh-rung]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is a personal story about wynn. Read it on Patreon.

hām-sīþ, m.n: a journey home. [HAHM-seeth]

hūs, n.n: building, house; temporary shelter; room. (HOOS / ˈhuːs)

wind-rǣs, m.n: a storm of wind. [WIND-ræss]

pleg-hūs, n.n: a play-house, theatre. [PLAY-hoos]

flǣsc-hord, n.n: ‘flesh-hoard’, the body. (FLASH-HORD / ˈflæːʃ-ˌhɔrd)

tūnes-mann, m.n: a man living on a manor. [TOO-nez-MAHN]

cræft-glēaw, adj: sage-minded, science-learned. [KRÆFT-glay-aw]

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday I read excerpts from Beowulf in a voice I hope is hādor. Read and listen on Patreon.