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leþer-helm

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Hana Videen

leþer-helm, m.n: leather helmet. (LEH-ther-HELM / ˈlɛ-θɛr-ˌhɛlm)

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ǣmett-hyll

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Hana Videen

ǣmett-hyll, m.n: anthill. (AM-et-HUELL / ˈæː-mɛt-ˌhyl)

Medieval manuscript image of ants crawling back and forth between grain and an anthill.
Northumberland Bestiary; England, 1250-60; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, f. 23v. [blogs.getty.edu]

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ēowo-meoluc

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Hana Videen

ēowo-meoluc, f.n: ewe’s milk. (AY-o-wo-MEH-o-luk / ˈeːɔ-wɔ-ˌmɛɔ-lʌk)

Medieval manuscript image of a person sitting in the midst of a crowded sheepfold milking a ewe.
Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 163v. [bl.uk]

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earmincg

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

earmincg, m.n: miserable being, unhappy or unfortunate wretch. (EH-ar-minj / ˈɛar-mɪndʒ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the Menologium. Read it on Patreon.

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earm

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Hana Videen

earm, adj: wretched, miserable. (EH-arm / ˈɛarm)

Medieval manuscript image of Job, wearing only a short loin cloth, sitting on a dung heap; beside the dung heap stand a woman wearing a butterfly headdress, a hat-wearing man and two other men.
Book of Hours; France (Paris), 1430s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.359, f. 171r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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hnoppian

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Hana Videen

hnoppian, wk.v: to pluck. (H’NOP-pi-ahn / ˈhnɔp-pɪ-an)

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be-grynian

Posted on June 9, 2024 by Hana Videen

be-grynian, wk.v: to ensnare, entrap. (beh-GRUE-ni-ahn / bɛ-ˈgry-nɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a scorpion grabbing the tail of some kind of four-legged two-winged creepy-crawly in its pincers.
Old English Herbarium; England, 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III, f. 59r. [thijsporck.com]
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eardung

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

eardung, f.n: dwelling, habitation. (EH-ar-dung / ˈɛar-dʌŋ)

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fylle-sēocnes

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Hana Videen

fylle-sēocnes, f.n: ‘falling-sickness’, possibly epilepsy. (FUEL-luh-SAY-ock-ness / ˈfyl-lə-ˌseːɔk-nɛs)

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ancor

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Hana Videen

ancor, m.n: recluse, hermit, anchorite. (AN-kor / ˈan-kɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of a bearded hermit learning out of the window of his anchorhold to speak to a knight seated on a bench outside, a horse and a tree beside him.
La Quête du Saint Graal et la Mort d’Arthus; Italy, 14th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 343, f. 17r. [portail.biblissima.fr]
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