gūþ-floga, m.n: one that flies to battle, a dragon. (GOOTH-FLO-ga)
Alexander the Great battling winged dragons with emeralds in their foreheads. Le livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre. France (Paris), c. 1420-c. 1425. British Library, Royal MS 20 B XX, f. 73r. [blogs.bl.uk]
gūþ-fugel, m.n: a bird of war, eagle. (GOOTH-fuh-yell)
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Bestiary. England, c. 1225-1250. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 57v. [bestiary.ca]
gūþ-frec, adj: bold in war. (GOOTH-freck)
fierd, f.n: an army, force, expedition. (FYERD)
esne-wyrhta, m.n: a hireling, mercenary. (EZ-neh-WURH-ta)
Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (from 1270 to 1380). France (Paris), late 14th century (after 1380). British Library, Royal 20 C VII, f. 41v. [bl.uk]
sige-cwēn, f.n: a victorious queen. (SIH-yeh-KWAIN)
Penthesilia, queen of the Amazons, in an anonymous French translation of Boccaccio’s De claris mulieribus. France (Rouen), c. 1440. British Library, Royal 16 G V, f. 35v. [bl.uk]
wiþer-breca, m.n: an adversary. (WITH-er-BREH-ka)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the gloomy word rēonig. Read it on Patreon.
gūþ-cræft, m.n: warlike power or skill. (GOOTH-kraft)
The Welles Apocalypse. England, c. 1310. British Library, Royal 15 D II, f. 143r. [bl.uk]
cēne, adj: keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike. [KAY-neh]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Cuthbert, false fire and other miracles. Read it on Patreon.
wōl-gewinn, n.n: a conflict where there is a great mortality. [WOL-yeh-WIN]
