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drūt

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Hana Videen

drūt, f.n: a friend, beloved one. (DROOT / ˈdruːt)

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scrīn

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Hana Videen

scrīn, n.n: a chest, coffer, casket, box in which precious things are kept; a receptacle for the relics of a saint, a shrine; a cage in which a criminal is confined. (SHREEN / ˈʃriːn)

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frowe

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Hana Videen

frowe, f.n: lady. (FRO-wuh / ˈfrɔ-wə)

Medieval manuscript image of a smiling woman with one hand raised, wearing a veil over her hair, in the midst of a roundel, around which is writing in French.
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, from a 13th-century genealogical chronicle; British Library, MS Royal 14 B V. [wikipedia.org]

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eorþ-tilia

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Hana Videen

eorþ-tilia, m.n: farmer, tiller of the earth. (EH-orth-TIH-li-ah / ˈɛɔrθ-ˌtɪ-lɪ-a)

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wyrcan

Posted on November 17, 2024 by Hana Videen

wyrcan, wk.v: to make, work, labour. (WUER-kahn / ˈwyr-kan)

Medieval manuscript image of a tired miller leaving their mill, one hand to their forehead and the other holding a large mallet over their shoulder.
Taymouth Hours; England, 14th century; British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f. 176v. [mola.org.uk]
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mele-dēaw

Posted on November 16, 2024 by Hana Videen

mele-dēaw, n: honey-dew, nectar. (MELL-uh-DAY-aw / ˈmɛ-lə-ˌdeːaw)

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nīten-cynn

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Hana Videen

nīten-cynn, n.n: kind of animal. (NEE-ten-KUEN / ˈniː-tɛn-ˌkyn)

Medieval manuscript image of Noah’s Ark, a dragon-headed ship filled with people and a variety of different animals in a tower-like structure; two six-winged angels hover above.
Junius Manuscript; England, 1000; Bodleian Library, MS Junius 11, p. 66. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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hrōpan

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Hana Videen

hrōpan, str.v: to cry out, clamour, make a noise, shout, scream. (H’ROH-pahn / ˈhroː-pan)

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hand-bred

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Hana Videen

hand-bred, n.n: the palm of the hand. (HAND-BRED / ˈhand-ˌbrɛd)

Medieval manuscript image of the black outline of a hand, with various Hebrew inscriptions on the fingers and different parts of the palm.
Diagram for palm reading in a Hebrew miscellany; France, between 1277 and 1324; British Library, MS Add. 11639, f. 115r. [openn.library.upenn.edu]
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sund-būend

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

sund-būend, m.n: a sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for humans or humankind. (SUND-BOO-end / ˈsʌnd-ˌbuːɛnd)

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