mamor, m.n: deep sleep, unconsciousness. (“MAH-mor”)

Guyart des Moulins’s Bible historiale. France, Central (Paris and Clairefontaine), 1411. British Library, MS Royal 19 D III, f. 458. [bl.uk]

hrīfþo, f.n: roughness of the skin, scurf. (“HREEV-thoh”)

of-hyngrod, adj: very hungry. (“ov-HUN-grod”)

Woman feeding chickens in a margin of the Luttrell Psalter (14th century). British Library, Add. MS 42130, p. 21. [bl.uk]

snoffa, m.n: nausea. (“SNOFF-fah”)

Gorleston Psalter. England (Suffolk), 1310-1324. British Library, Add MS 49622, fol. 48v. [blogs.bl.uk]

hnecca, m.n: a neck, nape of the neck, back of the head. (“HNAKE-kah”)

Book of Hours. England, c. 1300. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.102, f. 93r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

end-werc, n.n: a pain in the buttocks. (“end-werk”)

This marginalia comes from a book of prayers to the Virgin (between 1369 and 1408). You read that correctly—a book of prayers. Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, MS 520. [gotmedieval.com]

hrycg, m.n: a back of a man or animal; a ridge. (“hrudge”)

an-sȳn, f.n: a face, countenance; a view, aspect, sight, form, figure. (“ahn-suhn”)

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scyte-finger, m.n: the forefinger. (“shut-eh-feen-gair”)