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earn

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

earn, m.n: eagle. (EH-arn / ˈɛarn)

Book of Durrow. Durrow Abbey, Ireland, or Northumbria, England, 650-675. Library of Trinity College Dublin, MS 57, f. 84v. [codex99.com]
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tādige

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Hana Videen

tādige, f.n: a toad. (TAH-di-yeh)

Pamplona Bible. Navarre, 1197. Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 108, f. 42v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

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nīten

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Hana Videen

nīten, n.n: animal; cattle. (NEE-ten / ˈniː-tɛn)

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ge-horsian

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-horsian, wk.v: to horse, to set or mount on a horse, to supply with a horse. (yeh-HOR-ze-yahn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is “from pagan temples to London boroughs”. Read it on Patreon.

Luttrell Psalter. N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. London, British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 163r. [bl.uk]
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nēod-spearuwa

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

nēod-spearuwa, m.n: an active, restless sparrow. (NAY-odd-SPEH-ah-ruh-wa)

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ilfette

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

ilfette, f.n: swan. (ILL-vet-tuh / ˈɪl-vɛt-tə)

Swan in the Worksop Bestiary. England, c. 1185. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 49v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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wrenna

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

wrenna, m/f.n: a wren. (WREN-na)

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ymbe

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

ymbe, m.n: a swarm of bees. (UM-beh)

Bees returning to their hive in an English bestiary from the 1st quarter of the 13th century. British Library, Royal 12 C XIX, f. 45r. [bl.uk]
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nihte-gala

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

nihte-gala, m.n: a nightingale. (NIH’h’teh-GAH-la)

A nightingale in the Worksop Bestiary. England, c. 1185. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 54r. [bestiary.ca]
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beofer

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

beofer, m.n: a beaver. (BEH-ov-er)

A bestiary shows one beaver looking resentful of his loss, while the other prepares to make the same sacrifice. England, c. 1225-1250. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 14r. [bestiary.ca]
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