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bān-cofa

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Hana Videen

bān-cofa, m.n: bone-chamber, a kenning for the body. (BAHN-KOV-ah / ˈbaːn-ˌkɔ-va)

A man's body appears on a manuscript page. His bones are drawn on top of body. The man has a bemused expression. He is cross-eyed with a disproportionately large mouth.
Treatise on the human body. England, c.1292. Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 399, f. 20r. [iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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þūma

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Hana Videen

þūma, m.n: thumb. (THOO-ma / ˈθuː-ma)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is all thumbs. Read it on Patreon.

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cēlan

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Hana Videen

cēlan, v: to make cool, slake thirst. (CHAY-lahn / ˈtʃeː-lan)

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gōma

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Hana Videen

gōma, m.n: mouth, jaws; jaws of hell, death. (GO-ma / ˈgoː-ma)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the gums of hell. Read it on Patreon.

Apocalypse. NW France (Normandy), c. 1320-1330. British Library, Add MS 17333, f. 43r. [blogs.bl.uk]
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land-ādl

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

land-ādl, f.n: nostalgia (lit. ‘land-illness’). (LAHND-AH-dull / ˈland-ˌaː-dəl)

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þwēan

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

þwēan, str.v: to wash; to anoint. (THWAY-on)

Abrégé des histoires divines. France (Amiens?), 1300-1310. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.751, f. 48r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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lācnung

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

lācnung, f.n: healing, cure, remedy, medicine. (LAHK-nung / ˈlaːk-nʌŋ)

Avicenna, Cannon medicinae, trans. Gerardus Cremonensis. Northern France (Paris), 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 0457, f. 51r. [bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr]
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ge-wit-lēast

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Hana Videen

ge-wit-lēast, f.n: witlessness, madness. (yeh-WIT-LAY-ahst / jɛ-ˈwɪt-ˌleːast)

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ribb-spācan

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Hana Videen

ribb-spācan, pl.n.n: ‘rib-spokes’, possibly the brisket. (RIB-SPAH-kahn / ˈɹɪb-ˌspaː-kan)

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on-flyge

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

on-flyge, m.n: infectious disease, a disease which ‘flies’ at people. (on-FLUH-yeh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the ‘night-butterfly’. Read it on Patreon.

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