scrīc, n: a kind of thrush, screech, fieldfare, strike. (“shreech”)
Turdus pilaris. Photo taken in Rumia, Poland, by Adam Kumiszcza (CC BY 3.0). [commons.wikimedia.org]
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Category Archives: Animals
crabba
crabba, m.n: a crab, crayfish; a sign of the zodiac, cancer. (“KRAB-ba”)
The zodiac sign Cancer, from a 15th-century Arabic manuscript known as Kitab al-bulhan. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133, f. 7r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
bula
bula, m.n: a bull. (“BOO-la”)
The constellation of Taurus, the bull, from a 15th-century Arabic manuscript known as Kitab al-bulhan. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133, f. 82r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
ramm
ramm, m.n: a ram (aries); an instrument for pounding or battering. (“rahm”)
The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Additional MS 18850, f. 3r. [bl.uk]
fisc
fisc, m.n: a fish. (“feesh”)
Collection of astronomical and astrological treatises. France, Central (Fleury), c. 990-c. 1000. British Library, Harley MS 2506, f. 36v. [bl.uk]
stān-bucca
stān-bucca, m.n: a mountain goat. (“STAHN-book-kah”)
þrowend
þrowend, m.n: a scorpion. (“THROW-end”)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the double meaning of þrowend. Read it on Patreon.
Scorpio in a 13th-century Psalter. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.4, f. vi verso. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]
lēo
lēo, m.n: a lion, lioness. (“LAY-oh”)
The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Add MS 18850, f. 7r. [bl.uk]
pyttel
pyttel, m.n: a mouse-hawk. (“PUHT-tell)
Hawk in The Ormesby Psalter. England, c. 1300. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366, f. 38r. [bestiary.ca]
apa
apa, m.n: an ape. (“AH-pah”)
Detail of apes at school in The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 109r. [bl.uk]
