ge-swinc-dæg

ge-swinc-dæg, m.n: a labour-day, day of toil. (yeh-SWINCH-DAIE / jɛ-ˈswɪntʃ-ˌdæj)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Moses the warrior-prophet. Hear me read from the Old English Exodus poem on Patreon.

ǣ-lǣrende

ǣ-lǣrende, v: teaching the law. (AE-LAE-ren-duh / ˈæː-ˌlæː-ɹɛn-də)

ungemet-hleahtor, m.n: immoderate laughter. (UN-yeh-met-H’LEH-ah-tor / ˈʌn-jɛ-mɛt-ˌhlɛax-tɔr)

frēo-noma, m.n: a surname, a noble name. (FRAY-oh-NO-ma / ˈfreːɔ-ˌno-ma)

horsc, adj: quick, ready, active, valiant, applied generally to mental activity; wise, sagacious, sharp, quick-witted. (HORSH / ˈhɔrʃ)

ge-cow, n.n: what is chewed, food. (yeh-KOH / jɛ-ˈkɔw)

hnecca, m.n: a neck, nape of the neck, back of the head. (H’NEH-ka / ˈhnɛ-ka)

frēorig-ferþ, adj: sad in soul. (FRAY-oh-rih-FERTH / ˈfreːɔ-rɪj-ˌfɛrθ)

In this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post I read a passage about Beowulf and the lig-draca, the fire-dragon. Hear it on my Patreon page.

ge-corenscipe, m.n: election, excellence. (yeh-KOR-en-SHIP-uh / jɛ-ˈkɔ-ɹɛn-ˌʃɪ-pə)

un-riht, adj: wrong, evil, bad, unjust, unlawful, depraved, perverse. (UN-RI’HT / ˈʌn-ˌrɪxt)