tā

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Hana Videen

tā, f.n: a toe. (TAH)

hwōsta

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Hana Videen

hwōsta, m.n: a cough. (H’WOZ-tah)

Passionary of Weissenau. Germany, 12th century. Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 127, f. 191r. [commons.wikimedia.org]

sȳfre

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Hana Videen

sȳfre, adj: sober, not giving way to appetite or passion, pure, temperate, circumspect. (SUV-reh)

ed-wyrping

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

ed-wyrping, f.n: a recovery, a growing better, recovering. (ED-WURP-ing)

nēo

Posted on November 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

nēo, n: a corpse. (NAY-oh)

De Lisle Psalter. England, c. 1308-c. 1340. British Library, Arundel MS 83, f. 127r. [bl.uk]

snot

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

snot, n.n: snot. (SNOT)

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hrif

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

hrif, n.n: the womb, belly. (H’RIFF)

Diagram of female reproductive system from De physiognomia. England, late 13th century. Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS Ashmole 399, f. 13v. [thinking3d.ac.uk]

lācnestre

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Hana Videen

lācnestre, f.n: a (female) physician, doctor. (LAHK-nez-treh)

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lǣce-feoh

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

lǣce-feoh, n.n: a physician’s fee, money paid to a doctor. (LATCH-eh-VEH-oh)

ūt-gang

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ūt-gang, m.n: a going out, exit, egress; a coming out from a position within a body; in reference to time, the going out of a period, the conclusion, end; a place by which anything comes out, an exit; what comes out of a body, an evacuation. (OOT-gahng)