sunn-bearu

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-bearu, m.n: a sunny grove. [SUN-BEH-ah-roo]

efen-esne

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

efen-esne, m.n: a fellow servant. [EH-ven-EZ-neh]

spell-bōc

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

spell-bōc, f.n: a book of homilies. [SPELL-BOK]

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post, take a closer look at this Old English manuscript. Read my post on Patreon.

A much damaged folio from a book of Old English homilies, including the first series of Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies. England (south-east? south-west?), fourth quarter of the 10th century to first half of the 11th century. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C V, fol. 5v. [bl.uk]

cyrten

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

cyrten, adj: beautiful, elegant; comely in person; fair. [KUR-ten]

tōr-begete

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

tōr-begete, adj: hard to get. [TOR-BEH-yeh-teh]

sælmerige

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

sælmerige, f.n: brine. [SÆL-MEH-ri-yeh]

A container of olives in pickling brine. De materia medica. Turkey (Istanbul), mid-10th century. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.652, fol. 226r. [ica.themorgan.org]