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un-forswīþed

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

un-forswīþed, adj: unconquered. (UN-for-SWEETH-ed / ˈʌn-fɔr-ˌswiː-θɛd)

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hilde-pīl

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Hana Videen

hilde-pīl, m.n: battle-dart. (HILL-duh-PEEL / ˈhɪl-də-ˌpiːl)

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twi-bill

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

twi-bill, m/n.n: double-edged axe. (TWIH-BILL / ˈtwɪ-ˌbɪl)

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lāð

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Hana Videen

lāð, adj: hostile, malign, bearing hate toward another. (LAWTH / ˈlaːθ)

Medieval marginalia depicting an elephant with a trunk nearly the size of its entire body and a tower bearing three soldiers on its back facing off with a man who carries a shield and a giant sword.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 168v. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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wamb-hord

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Hana Videen

wamb-hord, m.n: ‘womb-hoard’, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place. (WAHMB-HORD / ˈwamb-ˌhɔrd)

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wæl-cēasiga

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Hana Videen

wæl-cēasiga, m.n: chooser of the slain (an epithet for the raven). (WAEL-CHAY-ah-zi-ga / ˈwæl-ˌtʃeːa-zɪ-ga)

Medieval manuscript image of a large-eyed raven in profile within a red roundel.
De avibus; France, early 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2495, f. 14r. [bestiary.ca]
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wæl-cyrige

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Hana Videen

wæl-cyrige, f.n: valkyrie, chooser of the slain. (WAEL-KUE-ri-yuh / ˈwæl-ˌky-rɪ-jə)

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þræc-wudu

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

þræc-wudu, m.n: spear. (THRACK-WUH-duh / ˈθræk-ˌwʌ-dʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a man holding a spear over his left shoulder with his right hand and extending his left hand before him.
Bible; NE France, late 13th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.969, f. 407r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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mēce

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Hana Videen

mēce, m.n: sword. (MAY-chuh / ˈmeː-tʃə)

Iron sword hilt with a few inches of rusted blade still attached; the hilt is decorated with interlaced engravings of creatures and plants.
Abingdon Sword; England, c. 875; Ashmolean Museum. [wikipedia.org]
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gelāþ

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Hana Videen

gelāþ, adj: mutually hostile; (as plural substantive) foes, enemies. (yeh-LAWTH / jɛ-ˈlaːθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a stag facing off with a large, hairy, dragon-like creature.
Bestiary; Flanders, c. 1277; Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig XV 4, f. 100r. [getty.edu]
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