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corn-wurma

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Hana Videen

corn-wurma, m.n: ‘corn-worm’, a weevil. (KORN-WUR-ma / ˈkɔrn-ˌwʌr-ma)

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fugel-timber

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Hana Videen

fugel-timber, n.n: bird material (which forms the fledgling), the young bird which develops. (FUH-yell-TIM-ber / ˈfʌ-jɛl-ˌtɪm-bɛr)

pelican
The pelican revives her young with blood from her own breast. Museum Meermanno, MMW, 10 B 25, fol. 32r. France, c. 1450. From The Medieval Bestiary.
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haswig-feðera

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Hana Videen

haswig-feðera, adj: having grey feathers, grey-feathered. (HAZ-wee-FEH-theh-ra / ˈhaz-wɪj-ˌfɛ-θɛ-ra)

grey ibis
An ibis. Bestiary. England, 1236-c. 1250. British Library, Harley MS 3244, fol. 52v.
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āttor-sceaða

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Hana Videen

āttor-sceaða, m.n: a poisonous destroyer, a venomous dragon, serpent. (AH-tor-SHEH-ah-tha / ˈaːt-tɔɹ-ˌʃɛa-θa)

Harley 4751 f.61 (min)
An asp refuses to listen to a snake charmer’s incantations, pressing one ear against the ground and stopping up the other with the tip of its tail. Bestiary. England, 2nd quarter of the 13th century. British Library, Harley MS 4751, fol. 61r.
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draca

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Hana Videen

draca, m.n: a dragon; a serpent (can sometimes indicate the Devil). (DRAH-ka / ˈdra-ka)

Macclesfield-Psalter-43v-Detail-of-Dragon-and-Lion
Dragon and lion in the Macclesfield Psalter at The Fitzwilliam Museum. England (East Anglia), c. 1330.
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wulf

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Hana Videen

wulf, m.n: wolf. (WULF / ˈwʌlf)

Physiologus-Wolf
Miscellany. France, c. 1450. Museum Meermanno, MMW, 10 B 25, f. 14v. [bestiary.ca]

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ēa-fisc

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Hana Videen

ēa-fisc, m.n: a river-fish. (AY-ah-FISH / ˈeːa-ˌfɪʃ)

Detail of a miniature of one big and one small elephant in a stream full of fish. England, S. E. (possibly Rochester), 2nd quarter of 13th century. British Library, Royal 12 F XIII, f. 13v.
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nædre

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Hana Videen

nædre, f.n: serpent, adder. (NADD-ruh / ˈnæd-dɹə)

St Patrick supposedly drove the snakes out of Ireland. Happy St Patrick’s Day!

patrick
St Patrick standing on a snake in Purgatory: England, 1451. London, British Library, MS Royal 17 B XLIII, f 132v. See the British Library’s blog post on St Patrick’s legacy.
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eh

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Hana Videen

eh, n.n: horse; name of the E-rune ᛖ. (EH / ˈɛh)

Psalter, England, 13th century; Bodleian, MS Douce 6, f. 201r. Found on Historical Tales blog.

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fēorþes fōt

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Hana Videen

fēorþes fōt, adj: four-footed. (FAY-or-thus FOAT / ˈfeːɔɹ-θəs-ˌfoːt)

elephant
Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 54r. [bestiary.ca]

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