hlēor, n.n: a cheek, face. (HLAY-or)
Category Archives: body + health
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)
wyrmǣte
wyrmǣte, adj: worm-eaten. (WURM-at-teh)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Andrew’s thoughtful speech. Read and hear it on Patreon.
A sumptuously-dressed noble lady in a tomb with coats of arms, while below her skeleton is devoured by worms and insects. A Carthusian miscellany of poems, chronicles, and treatises. A Yorkshire or Lincolnshire Carthusian monastery (Axholme, Mountgrace or Kingston-upon-Hull?), 1460-1500. British Library, Add MS 37049, f. 32v. [bl.uk]
hār-wenge
hār-wenge, adj: hoary, grey-haired. (HAR-wen-yeh)
flǣsc-hord
flǣsc-hord, n.n: the flesh-hoard, the body. [FLÆSH-hord]
Bloodletting-Zodiac Man, from a collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts compiled in England (1275-1540). British Library, Harley MS 3719, ff. 158v-159r. [blogs.bl.uk]
hungor-lǣwe
hungor-lǣwe, adj: hungry, famished. [HUN-gor-LÆ-weh]
Crocodile from a bestiary. France, c. 1450. Hague, Museum Meermanno, MMW, 10 B 25, fol. 12v. [bestiary.ca]
toren-īge
toren-īge, adj: blear-eyed. [TOR-en-EE-yeh]
feorh-hord
feorh-hord, n.n: breast, soul, spirit, literally “life-hoard”. [FAY-orh-HORD]
oroþ
oroþ, n.n: breath, breathing. [OH-roth]
