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feoh

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Hana Videen

feoh, n.n: cattle, livestock; property, wealth, money; value, price, fee; name of the F-rune ᚠ. (FEH-oh / ˈfɛɔh)

Medieval manuscript image of a red cow nursing her calf.
Ashmole Bestiary. England (Peterborough?), early 13th century. Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1511, f. 30v. [bestiary.ca]

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hæring

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Hana Videen

hæring, m.n: a herring. (HAE-ring / ˈhæ-ɹɪŋ)

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docga

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

docga, m.n: dog. (DODGE-ah / ˈdɔdʒ-a)

Medieval manuscript image of a dog playing a drum.
Gorleston Psalter. England (Suffolk), 1310-1324. British Library, Add MS 49622, f. 23v. [bl.uk]

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swīn

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

swīn, n.n: pig, swine. (SWEEN / ˈswiːn)

Medieval manuscript image of two wild boars, one red and one green.
Worksop Bestiary. England (Lincoln? York?), c. 1185. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 36v. [themorgan.org]
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rǣge

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Hana Videen

rǣge, f.n: a roe, a wild she-goat. (RAE-yuh / ˈɹæː-jə)

Medieval manuscript image of two goats chewing on some plants while a man sits and watches.
Bestiary. England, c. 1110-1130. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 247, f. 165r. [bestiary.ca]
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cicen

Posted on February 6, 2021 by Hana Videen

cicen, n.n: chicken, chick. (CHIH-chen / ˈ tʃɪ-tʃɛn)

Medieval manuscript of a chicken and her chicks pecking at seeds; one chick sits on the mama hen's back.
Luttrell Psalter. N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 166v. [bl.uk]

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ūr

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Hana Videen

ūr, m.n: a kind of ox, bison, aurochs; name of the U-rune ᚢ. (OOR / ˈuːɹ)

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hǣð-stapa

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

hǣð-stapa, m.n: a heath-stepper, an animal which wanders over heaths or uncultivated country. (HATH-STAH-pa / ˈhæːθ-ˌsta-pa)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the heath-stepper. Read it on Patreon.

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glida

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Hana Videen

glida, m.n: bird of prey, kite, glede. (GLID-ah / ˈglɪ-da)

Medieval manuscript image of a brown, hook-beaked bird extending a talon and flapping its wings in the air.
Ter Duinen Aviary, Hugh of Fouilloy. Flanders, c. 1190-1200. Grootseminarie Brugge, MS. 89/54, f. 6r. [bestiary.ca]

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hran-fisc

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Hana Videen

hran-fisc, m.n: whale. (HRAWN-FISH / ˈhɹan-ˌfɪʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of a boat carrying three men on the back of a giant fish-eating whale.
Ashmole Bestiary. England (Peterborough? Lincoln?), 1201-1225. Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1511, f. 86v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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