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weorold-cræft

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

weorold-cræft, m.n: secular (non-religious) craft or art (world-craft). (WEH-oh-rold-KRAFT / ˈwɛɔ-rɔld-ˌkræft)

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heals-mene

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Hana Videen

heals-mene, m.n: a necklace, chain for the neck. (HEH-alz-MEH-nuh / ˈhɛalz-ˌmɛ-nə)

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hwēol

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Hana Videen

hwēol, n.n: a wheel. (H’WAY-oll / ˈhweːɔl)

wheel
Bury Psalter: Psalm 82 ‘Make me as on to a wheel’. Anglo-Saxon, 1000-1050. Rome, Vatican, MS Reg. Lat. 12, fol. 90v.
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drync-horn

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

drync-horn, n.n: drinking horn. (DRUNCH-HORN / ˈdrɝntʃ-ˌhɔrn)

drinking horn
One of a pair of drinking horns, late 6th century AD. From the princely burial at Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Made from aurochs horns with silver-gilt mounts. (British Museum)

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calc

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

calc, m.n: sandal, shoe. (KALK / ˈkalk)

Image from a Medievalist.net article on medieval shoes. They are leather sandals used in early medieval Egypt sometime between 400 and 600 AD.

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blāc-ern

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Hana Videen

blāc-ern, n.n: a light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle. (BLAH-kern / ˈblaː-kɛɹn)

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smǣte-gylden

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Hana Videen

smǣte-gylden, adj: of refined gold. (SMAT-uh-YULL-den / ˈsmæː-tə-ˌjɝl-dɛn)

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eofor-cumbol

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Hana Videen

eofor-cumbol, n.n: boar-banner/boar-image, variously interpreted as boar-adorned standard or boar-image on a helmet. (EH-oh-vor-KUM-boll / ˈɛɔ-vɔɹ-ˌkʌm-bɔl)

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blāst-belg

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

blāst-belg, m.n: a ‘blast-bag’, bellows. (BLAHST-BELG / ˈblaːst-ˌbɛlg)

Macclesfield Psalter, England, ca. 1330. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, fol. 8r.
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ār-smiþ

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Hana Videen

ār-smiþ, m.n: a copper-smith, a brazier, a worker in brass. (AHR-SMITH / ˈaːɹ-ˌsmɪθ)

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