fold-hrērende

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

fold-hrērende, adj: touching/moving on the earth; earth-stirring, epithet for an animal that treads upon the ground. (FOLD-HRAY-ren-duh / ˈfɔld-ˌhɹeː-ɹɛn-də)

wāse-scite

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Hana Videen

wāse-scite, m/f.n: the cuttle-fish; the liquid ejected by the cuttle-fish. (WAH-zuh-SHIT-uh / ˈwa-zə-ˌʃɪ-tə)

winstre sǣ-hund

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Hana Videen

winstre sǣ-hund, meme: left shark (left ‘sea-hound’). (WIN-struh SAE-HUND / ˈwɪn-stɹə ˈsæː-ˌhʌnd)

fēnix

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Hana Videen

fēnix, m.n: phoenix. (FAY-niks / ˈfeː-nɪks)

Detail of a phoenix in the Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24), fol. 56r. The English illuminated manuscript is from the 12th-century.

hund-wealh

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

hund-wealh, m.n: a servant to attend to dogs. (HUND-WEH-al’h / ˈhʌnd-ˌwɛalh)

hound — British Library blog: Detail of a miniature of King Garamantes, being rescued by his dogs; from the Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F. xiii, f. 30v.

dēor

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēor, n.n: animal. (DAY-or / ˈdeːɔr)

ūht-floga

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Hana Videen

ūht-floga, m.n: a creature that flies in the early morning. (OO’HT-FLOG-ah / ˈuːht-ˌflɔ-ga)

dragon and dragonfly — Lovell Lectionary. England (probably Glastonbury), c. 1400 – c. 1410. British Library, Harley MS 7026, f. 13r.

gærs-hoppa

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Hana Videen

gærs-hoppa, m.n: grasshopper. (GARZ-HOP-pa / ˈgærz-ˌhɔp-pa)

bēo-brēad

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

bēo-brēad, n.n: royal jelly (‘bee-food’), the glandular secretion of worker bees used to feed larvae; (in some contexts) honeycomb. (BAY-oh-BRAY-ad / ˈbeːɔ-ˌbreːad)