eorþ-wēla, m.n: earth-wealth, fertility. [EH-orth-WAY-la]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on eagle-goats, a.k.a. vultures. Read it on Patreon.
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earn-gēat
earn-gēat, f.n: the goat-eagle, vulture. [EH-arn-YAY-aht]
Vultures in a bestiary. Central or northern England, c. 1200-c. 1210. British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, fol. 38v. [bl.uk]
hlūd
hlūd, adj: loud, sonorous. (HLOOD / ˈhluːd)
cū-hyrde
cū-hyrde, m.n: a cowherd, person who has the charge of cows. (KOO-HUER-duh / ˈkuː-ˌhyr-də)
(Bonus word for today due to a Twitter tweet order mix-up!)
Eāster-sunnandæg
Eāster-sunnandæg, m.n: Easter Sunday. [EH-ah-ster-SUN-nan-dæγ]
Happy Easter!
feng
feng, m.n: grip, grasp, clasp, hug, embrace; the act of seizing. (FENG / ˈfɛŋ)
It’s International Hug-A-Medievalist (with their consent) Day!
snid-īsen
snid-īsen, n.n: a lancet (a small, broad, two-edged surgical knife or blade with a sharp point). [SNID-EE-zen]
Aldobrandino of Siena’s Le Régime du corps. France, N. (Lille?), 3rd quarter of the 13th century (perhaps c. 1285). British Library, Sloane 2435, fol. 11v. [bl.uk]
dybbian
dybbian, wk.v: to pay attention to. [DUB-be-ahn]
dōm-hwæt
dōm-hwæt, adj: eager for glory; also interpreted as “strenuous in judgement”. [DOM-HWÆT]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on “head-guilt”. Read it on Patreon.
wyrt-tūn
wyrt-tūn, m.n: garden. (WUERT-TOON / ˈwyrt-ˌtuːn)
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