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Author Archives: Hana Videen

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blāst-belg

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

blāst-belg, m.n: a ‘blast-bag’, bellows. (BLAHST-BELG / ˈblaːst-ˌbɛlg)

Macclesfield Psalter, England, ca. 1330. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, fol. 8r.
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æl-fylc

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Hana Videen

æl-fylc, n.n: a foreign land; foreigners, a foreign army, an enemy. (AEL-FULK / ˈæl-ˌfɝlk)

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brim-fugel

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Hana Videen

brim-fugel, m.n: a sea-fowl, seagull. (BRIM-FUH-yull / ˈbɹɪm-ˌfʌ-jəl)

seabird
Aberdeen Bestiary, f. 54v
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rodor

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Hana Videen

rodor, m.n: the firmament, the heaven of the fixed stars; the heavens, sky, upper regions. (ROD-or / ˈɹɔ-dɔɹ)

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hild-bedd

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Hana Videen

hild-bedd, n.n: deathbed, literally ‘battle-bed’. (HILD-BED / ˈhɪld-ˌbɛd)

The Rochefoucauld Grail, 14th century.
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botl-wēla

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

botl-wēla, m.n: ‘house-wealth’, a collection of houses, a village. (BOT-ul-WAY-la / ˈbɔ-təl-ˌweː-la)

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bliccettung

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

bliccettung, f.n: flash of light, lightning. (BLITCH-uh-tung / ˈblɪtʃ-ə-tʌŋ)

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midsumer

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

midsumer, m.n: midsummer. (MID-sum-er / ˈmɪd-sʌ-mɛɹ)

Happy solstice!

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carlēas-nes

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

carlēas-nes, f.n: freedom from care, security. (KAR-lay-ahs-nuss / ˈkaɹ-leːas-nəs)

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drēam

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

drēam, m.n: joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy. (DRAY-ahm / ˈdreːam)

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