gærs-stapa, m.n: a “grass-stepper”, locust. [GÆRS-stah-pa]
Book of Hours of Joanna I of Castile. Netherlands, S. (Bruges), 1486-1506. British Library, Add MS 18852, fol. 30r. [bl.uk]
gærs-stapa
Category Archives: Animals
earn-gēat
earn-gēat, f.n: the goat-eagle, vulture. [EH-arn-YAY-aht]
Vultures in a bestiary. Central or northern England, c. 1200-c. 1210. British Library, Royal MS 12 C XIX, fol. 38v. [bl.uk]
cū-hyrde
cū-hyrde, m.n: a cowherd, person who has the charge of cows. [KOO-HURD-eh]
(Bonus word for today due to a Twitter tweet order mix-up!)
higera
higera, f.n: a magpie or a woodpecker. [HIH-yeh-ra]
A magpie from a 13th-century English bestiary. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 76r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
ened
ened, m/f.n: a duck. [AY-ned]
Duck from the Bestiary of Ann Walsh. England, 15th century. Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, fol. 46v. [bestiary.ca]
cū-meoluc
cū-meoluc, f.n: cow’s milk. [KOO-MAY-oh-luck]
Trivulzio Book of Hours. Flanders, c. 1470. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
rudduc
rudduc, m.n: a robin red-breast. [RUD-duck]
Marginal robin in the Sherbourne Missal. England (Sherbourne), c. 1400. British Library, Add. MS 59874, p. 382. [bl.uk] via [kateinneswriter.com]
gāt
gāt, f.n: a she-goat. [GAHT]
Wild goats grazing. The Rochester Bestiary. South-Eastern England (Rochester?), c. 1230-14th century. British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 20v. [bl.uk]
wyrm-sele
wyrm-sele, m.n: a serpent-hall, a place where there are serpents (hell). [WURM-SELL-eh]
Le Livre des Meditacions monseigneur saint Bernard (1474). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 916, f. 13r. [demonagerie.tumblr.com]
ultor
ultor, m.n: a vulture. [OOL-tor]
A vulture with an odd beak. Bartholomeus Anglicus, Livre des propriétés des choses. Paris, before 1416. Bibliothèque Municipale de Reims, MS 993, f. 160r. [bestiary.ca]
