fīfalde, f.n: another word for butterfly. (FEE-vald-eh)
See also buter-flēge.
Romance of Alexander in French verse, from the workshop of Jehan de Grise. Flemish (Bruges?), 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodl. 264, f. 67r. [image.ox.ac.uk]
buter-flēge, f.n: a butterfly. (BUH-ter-FLAY-yeh)
Butterfly in a Book of Hours. France (Provence), c. 1440-1450. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.358, f. 111r. [ica.themorgan.org]
hēah-dēor, n.n: a stag, deer. (HAY-ah-DAY-or)
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gærs-stapa, m.n: locust (grass-stepper). (GARZ-STAH-pa / ˈgærz-ˌsta-pa)
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, m.n: a cowherd, person who has the charge of cows. (KOO-HUER-duh / ˈkuː-ˌhyr-də)
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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, m/f.n: a duck. (EN-ed / ˈɛ-nɛd)
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, f.n: a she-goat. (GAHT / ˈgaːt)
