māl-sweord

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Hana Videen

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]

strǣl-bora

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Hana Videen

strǣl-bora, m.n: an archer. (STRAEL-BOR-ah / ˈstɹæːl-ˌbɔ-ɹa)

Joseph Kara’s festival prayer book. S Germany (area of Lake Constance), c. 1322. British Library, MS Additional 22413, f. 141v. [bl.uk]

ge-wǣpnian

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Hana Videen

ge-wǣpnian, wk.v: to arm, furnish with weapons. (yeh-WAPP-ni-ahn / jɛ-ˈwæp-nɪ-an)

ferd-faru

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Hana Videen

ferd-faru, f.n: a military expedition. (FERD-FA-ruh / ˈfɛrd-ˌfa-rʌ)

here-numa

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Hana Videen

here-numa, m.n: a captive, prisoner of war. (HEH-ruh-NUH-ma / ˈhɛ-rə-ˌnʌ-ma)

swōgan

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Hana Videen

swōgan, str.v: to make a sound, move with noise, rush, roar (of wind, water, flame); (figuratively) to move with violence, invade. (SWO-gahn / ˈswoː-gan)