brēost-sefa, m.n: heart, mind, innermost thought. (BRAY-ost-SEV-ah)
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Category Archives: body + health
mid-hrif
mid-hrif, n.n: the midriff; the diaphragm, separating the heart from the stomach, etc.; also the entrails. (MID-HRIF)
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hāsian
hāsian, wk.v: to grow hoarse. (HA-zee-on)
hrǣc-gebræc
hrǣc-gebræc, n.n: a cold in the chest, hoarseness. (HRACK-yeh-BRACK)
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scēat
scēat, m.n: a corner, an angle; a corner, quarter; a projection, promontory; a nook, corner, region; a lap, bosom; a bay; a garment; a cloth, napkin. (SHAY-aht)
cnucel
cnucel, m.n: a knuckle, joint. (K’NUCK’ell)
cū-ēage
cū-ēage, f.n: a cow’s eye. (KOO-AY-ah-yeh)
Luttrell Psalter. England, c. 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 159v. [bl.uk]
hlēor
hlēor, n.n: a cheek, face. (HLAY-or)
feorh-gōma
feorh-gōma, m.n: fatal or deadly jaws. (FAY-orh-GO-ma)
Crocodile eating a human, then a fish. Bestiary. England, c. 1225-1250. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 24r. [bestiary.ca]
lybb
lybb, n.n: medicine, drug, possibly poison; the word usually implies the use of witchcraft. (LUB)
