Author Archives: Hana Videen

of-hrēosan

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Hana Videen

of-hrēosan, str.v: to overwhelm, cover, bury. [ov-HRAY-oh-zon]

rudduc

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Hana Videen

rudduc, m.n: a robin red-breast. [RUD-duck]

Marginal robin in the Sherbourne Missal. England (Sherbourne), c. 1400. British Library, Add. MS 59874, p. 382. [bl.uk] via [kateinneswriter.com]

winter-geweorp

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Hana Videen

winter-geweorp, n.n: a storm of snow or hail, wintry tempest. [WIN-ter-yeh-WEH-orp]

īs-ceald

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Hana Videen

īs-ceald, adj: ice-cold. [EEZ-CHEH-ald]

irþ-land

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Hana Videen

irþ-land, n.n: arable land. [IRTH-LOND]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Tubalcain, master of smith-craft. Read it on Patreon.

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. France, 1412-1416. Chantilly (France), Musée Condé, MS 65. R.M.N. / R.-G. Ojéda, Public Domain [commons.wikimedia.org]

morgen

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Hana Videen

morgen, m.n: morning. (MOR-gen / ˈmɔr-gɛn)

wlite-beorht

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Hana Videen

wlite-beorht, adj: of splendid beauty, beautiful. [WLIT-eh-BEH-orht]

smiþ-cræft

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Hana Videen

smiþ-cræft, m.n: ‘smith-craft’, the craft of working in metals or wood. (SMITH-KRAFT / ˈsmɪθ-ˌkræft)

sceand-hūs

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Hana Videen

sceand-hūs, m.n: a house of ill fame, a brothel. [SHEH-ond-HOOS]

sealf

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Hana Videen

sealf, f.n: salve, ointment. [SAY-alf]

From an Anglo-Norman translation of the Chirurgia Practica of Roger of Salerno. Early 13th century. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS O.1.20, f. 272r. [trin.cam.ac.uk]