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hind

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Hana Videen

hind, f.n: hind, female deer, perhaps the red deer specifically. (HIND / ˈhɪnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is a Deorhord quiz. Test your medieval animal knowledge on Patreon.

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ǣmette

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Hana Videen

ǣmette, f.n: ant. (AM-et-tuh / ˈæː-mɛt-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of ants walking in two straight lines as they bring grain back to their nest, each ant carrying one seed in its mouth; the ants are depicted with three segments and four legs, and their nest is three brown hills.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 24v. [abdn.ac.uk]
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brocc

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Hana Videen

brocc, m.n: badger. (BROCK / ˈbrɔk)

Medieval manuscript image of a very pudgy brown badger.
Bestiary; England, 1220-40; Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25, f. 74v. [cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk]
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culfre

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Hana Videen

culfre, f.n: dove. (KULL-vruh / ˈkʌl-vrə)

Medieval manuscript image of a greyish-brown dove within a decorated O; the surrounding text is in Latin, including the word ‘columba’ in red.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 27v. [abdn.ac.uk]
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griffus

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Hana Videen

griffus, n: griffin. (GRIFF-fuss / ˈgrɪf-fʌs)

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elpend

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

elpend, m.n: elephant. (EL-pend / ˈɛl-pɛnd)

A fairly realistic medieval drawing of the front of an elephant in profile; another trunk in a different position is sketched in the background.
Matthew Paris’s Liber Additamentorum; England, 1250-59; British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, f. 169v. [bl.uk]
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dēor

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Hana Videen

dēor, n.n: animal. (DAY-or / ˈdeːɔr)

A red-haired, glasses-wearing, thirty-something woman with bird earrings and a big smile holds a green and gold book, "The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary" by Hana Videen; the background is a forest with autumn colours.
Today is publication day for The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary. The next week of words will include various animals from the hoard.

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heofon-būend

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Hana Videen

heofon-būend, m.n: dweller in heaven. (HEH-oh-von-BOO-end / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌbuː-ɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Azarias and fire-terror. Read it on Patreon.

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fold-ræst

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Hana Videen

fold-ræst, f.n: ‘earth-rest’, a resting-place in the earth, a grave. (FOLD-RAST / ˈfɔld-ˌræst)

Medieval manuscript image of three skulls and a pile of coffins, two of which are open and contain corpses.
James le Palmer’s Omne Bonum, England (London), c. 1360-75; British Library, Royal MS 6 E VI/1, f. 267v. [bl.uk]
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bryne-brōga

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Hana Videen

bryne-brōga, m.n: fire-terror. (BRUE-nuh-BRO-ga / ˈbry-nə-ˌbroː-ga)

Medieval manuscript image of a dragon-like creature with enormous teeth protruding up and down from its jaws and long wavy horns, breathing fire as it stands in the water.
Liber Floridus, by Lambert, Canon of Saint-Omer; France, 1121; Ghent University Library, Ms. 92, f. 62v. [lib.ugent.be]
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