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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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olfend-mere

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Hana Videen

olfend-mere, f.n: female camel. (OL-vend-MEH-ruh / ˈɔl-vɛnd-ˌmɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman giving a man water to drink from a well, with two camels waiting beside them.
Speculum humanae salvationis. SW Germany or Austria, 1330-1340. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. sn 2612, f. 10r. [realonline.imareal.sbg.ac.at]
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hǣþ-stapa

Posted on December 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

hǣþ-stapa, m.n: heath-stepper, heath-wanderer. (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: kite, glede (a bird of prey). (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. 34v. [mmmonk.be]

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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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olfend

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

olfend, m.n: camel. (OL-vend / ˈɔl-vɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a brown, two-humped camel, with a couple of trees in the background.
Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders/Utrecht, 15th century. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 E 4, f. 9r. [bestiary.ca]
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