higera, f.n: a magpie or a woodpecker. [HIH-yeh-ra]
A magpie from a 13th-century English bestiary. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 76r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
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sunn-feld
sunn-feld, m.n: Elysium (the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology; paradise). [SUN-feld]
þanc-snotor
þanc-snotor, adj: wise in thought. [THONK-SNAW-tor]
cēas-lunger
cēas-lunger, adj: quick to quarrel, contentious. [CHAY-ahs-lun-yer]
heofon-wōma
heofon-wōma, m.n: a heavenly sound, the sound heard at the day of judgment. [HAY-oh-von-WOH-ma]
The Escorial Beatus (Escorial, Biblioteca Monasterio, Cod. & II. 5, p. 20), a 10th-century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana. [arachne.uni-koeln.de]
glig-georn
glig-georn, adj: glee-loving, fond of sport. [GLEEγ-YAY-orn]
spell
spell, n.n: a story, narrative, account, relation; an instructive talk, discourse, a philosophical argument; a saying, remark; speech, language of prose. [SPELL]
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ened
ened, m/f.n: a duck. [AY-ned]
Duck from the Bestiary of Ann Walsh. England, 15th century. Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, fol. 46v. [bestiary.ca]
wermōd
wermōd, m.n: wormwood. [WAYRM-ohd]
feorh-hord
feorh-hord, n.n: ‘life-treasure’, ‘life-hoard’, the soul or spirit. (FEH-or’h-HORD / ˈfɛɔɹh-ˌhɔɹd)
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