Category Archives: animals

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)

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)

lopystre

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Hana Videen

lopystre, f.n: a lobster, a locust. (LOP-uh-struh / ˈlɔ-pɝ-stɹə)

I never thought of those two creatures as interchangeable!

healic

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

healic, m.n: a herring. (HEH-ah-litch / ˈhɛa-lɪtʃ)

Compare to yesterday’s WOTD!

earn

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Hana Videen

earn, m.n: an eagle. (EH-arn / ˈɛaɹn)

hræfn

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Hana Videen

hræfn, m.n: raven. (H’RAV-un / ˈhræ-vən)

wild-dēor

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Hana Videen

wild-dēor, n.n: wild animal. (WILLD-DAY-or / ˈwɪld-ˌdeːɔr)

ūrig-feþera

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Hana Videen

ūrig-feþera, adj: wet-feathered, with dewy plumage. (OO-rih-FEH-theh-ra / ˈuː-ɹɪj-ˌfɛ-θɛ-ɹa)