gliw-bēam, m.n: a glee-beam, timbrel, tabret. [GLIW-BAY-ahm]
The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, fol. 129r. [bl.uk]
gliw-bēam
Category Archives: arts + crafts
chor-glēow
chor-glēow, n.n: a musical dance, dance. [KHOR-GLAY-oh]
Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. France (Paris), c. 1320-c. 1340. British Library, Royal MS 19 B XIII, f. 10v. [bl.uk]
hearpe
hearpe, f.n: a harp. [HAY-ar-peh]
The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, fol. 92v. [bl.uk]
meter-cræft
meter-cræft, m.n: the art of versification. [MEH-ter-CRÆFT]
drēam-cræft
drēam-cræft, m.n: the art of music. [DRAY-om-CRÆFT]
Leaf from a Dominican Antiphoner. N. France, 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 25, fol. 1r. [bl.uk]
smiþ-cræft
smiþ-cræft, m.n: smith-craft, the craft or art of the worker in metal or wood. [SMITH-KRÆFT]
The legend of Sigurd from the Norse Edda: Regin (Sigurd’s foster father) and his helper forge a sword on an anvil. Wood panel from a church in Setesdal, Norway, 12th century. [hicockalorum.tumblr.com]
māl-sweord
māl-sweord, n.n: a sword with inlaid ornament. [MALL-SWEH-ord]
Viking sword, 800-900; pattern-welded iron inlaid with silver wire. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Neil R (@IslesPunkFan), 2010: CC BY-NC 2.0. [flickr.com]
singan
singan, str.v: to sing, recite, relate musically or in verse; to compose verse, narrate; to sing about, recite or compose a poem about something. [SING-ahn]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘the wonderful wave-roamer’. Read/hear it on Patreon.
ǣfen-scēop
ǣfen-scēop, m.n: an evening bard. [Æ-ven-SHAY-op]
saltian
saltian, wk.v: to dance. [SALT-ee-ahn]
Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung. France, 14th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 19156, f. 6v. [gallica.bnf.fr]
