Author Archives: Hana Videen

buter-flēge

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

buter-flēge, f.n: a butterfly. (BUH-ter-FLAY-yeh)

Butterfly in a Book of Hours. France (Provence), c. 1440-1450. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.358, f. 111r. [ica.themorgan.org]

sǣl-wang

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

lēaf-helmig

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

hūs

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

wind-rǣs

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

pleg-hūs

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

flǣsc-hord

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

tūnes-mann

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

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