slāhþorn-ragu

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Hana Videen

slāhþorn-ragu, f.n: lichen from a blackthorn. (SLAH-thorn-RA-guh / ˈslaːx-θɔrn-ˌra-gʌ)

lǣce-getawu

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Hana Videen

lǣce-getawu, n.n (plural): medical apparatus. (LATCH-uh-yeh-TA-wuh / ˈlæː-tʃə-jɛ-ˌta-wʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of two doctors operating on the head of a patient whose hands are tied behind his back; each doctor holds a tool in the right hand. — Medical and herbal collection; England or France, late 12th century; British Library, Sloane MS 1975, f. 91v. [bl.uk]

flēam

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Hana Videen

flēam, m.n: flight, fleeing; escape, retreat; apostasy; banishment, exile. (FLAY-ahm / ˈfleːam)

gyst

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Hana Videen

gyst, m.n: guest, visitor, stranger. (YUEST / ˈjyst)

Medieval manuscript image of eight people in conversation seated at a long banquet table; in the foreground a servant brings forth a roast peacock. — Les Voeux du Paon; possibly England, c. 1390-1400; British Library, Add MS 30864, f. 1r. [blogs.bl.uk]

arodlīce

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Hana Videen

arodlīce, adv: quickly, perhaps ‘eagerly, urgently’. (AH-rod-lee-chuh / ˈa-rɔd-liː-tʃə)

hama

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Hana Videen

hama, m.n: covering. (HA-ma / ˈha-ma)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on placentas and plumage, bodies and skins. It’s the 350th post so it’s free for all to read on Patreon.

spora

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Hana Videen

spora, m.n: a spur. (SPOR-ah / ˈspɔ-ra)

Metal object with a rounded point shaped like a man holding a drinking horn while sitting on a horse. — Possibly a long goad from a prick spur with a horse-and-rider motif, found in Leicestershire, possibly Viking Age (900-1200); Portable Antiquities Scheme LEIC-EEF651. [finds.org.uk]

sporettan

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Hana Videen

sporettan, wk.v: to kick. (SPOR-et-tahn / ˈspɔ-rɛt-tan)

ge-cneordnys

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Hana Videen

ge-cneordnys, f.n: diligence, study. (yeh-K’NEH-ord-nues / jɛ-ˈknɛɔrd-nys)

Medieval manuscript image of a well-dressed woman sitting at a desk writing in a book with a little dog at her feet. — Christine de Pizan’s Book of the Queen; France (Paris), c.1410-c.1414; British Library, Harley MS 4431, 4r. [bl.uk]

þegnung

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Hana Videen

þegnung, f.n: service, ministration; good office done by one to another; service to a lord or master; service of an official, office, official employment, ministry. (THEH-nung / ˈθɛj-nʌŋ)

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