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Author Archives: Hana Videen

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langung-hwīl

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Hana Videen

langung-hwīl, f.n: a time of longing or weariness. (LAHNG-gung-HWEEL / ˈlaŋ-gʌŋ-ˌhwiːl)

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ānwintrecyning

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Hana Videen

ānwintrecyning, m.n: a ‘one-winter king’, i.e. a king or ruler who rules for one winter or year. (AHN-win-truh-KUH-ning / ˈaːn-wɪn-tɹə-ˌkɝ-nɪŋ)

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wild-dēor

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Hana Videen

wild-dēor, n.n: wild animal. (WILLD-DAY-or / ˈwɪld-ˌdeːɔr)

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Detail of a miniature of hedgehogs sticking fallen fruit to their quills and carrying it back to their burrow; from the Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F. xiii, f. 45r.
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ofer-hygd

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Hana Videen

ofer-hygd, f/n.n: (in a bad sense) pride, arrogance; (in a good sense) honourable pride, high spirit. (OV-er-HUYD / ˈɔ-vɛɹ-ˌhɝjd)

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sealt-ȳþ

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Hana Videen

sealt-ȳþ, f.n: a salt-wave, sea-wave. (SEH-alt-UTH / ˈsɛalt-ˌɝːθ)

Petrus de Ebulo, De balneis puteolanis. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 8161, fol. 6r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
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wēden-heort

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Hana Videen

wēden-heort, n.n: madness, frenzy, fury. (WAY-den-HEH-ort / ˈweː-dɛn-ˌhɛɔɹt)

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holt

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Hana Videen

holt, m.n: wood, grove, copse. (HOLT / ˈhɔlt)

Blunt arrow hunt. Horae ad usum romanum. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156 B, fol. 4r. Source: gallica.bnf.fr.
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mann-drēam

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Hana Videen

mann-drēam, m.n: human joy; joyous noise, jubilation. (MAHN-DRAY-ahm / ˈman-ˌdreːam)

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mete-þearfende

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

mete-þearfende, adj: desirous of food. (MEH-tuh-THEH-ar-ven-duh / ˈmɛ-tə-ˌθɛaɹ-vɛn-də)

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Image from @erik_kwakkel: ‘Medieval fast food restaurant for cats (miniature in 13th-c manuscript).’

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be-smītan

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Hana Videen

be-smītan, str.v: to defile, dirty, pollute, contaminate. (beh-SMEE-tahn / bɛ-ˈsmiː-tan)

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