hār

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Hana Videen

hār, adj: hoary, grey, old. (HAAR / ˈhaːɹ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about getting and understanding. Read it on Patreon.

Medieval manuscript image of two men with halos, the younger one handing a giant key to the grey-haired older one. — Initial S with Christ giving St Peter a key, Antiphonary. Germany, early 14th century. Walters Art Museum, MS W.754, f. W.754Br. [flickr.com]

ōmig

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Hana Videen

ōmig, adj: rusty, rust-coloured. (OH-mih / ˈoː-mɪj)

grēne-hǣwen

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Hana Videen

grēne-hǣwen, adj: greenish. (GRAY-nuh-HAE-wen / ˈgɹeː-nə-ˌhæː-wɛn)

Book of Hours. Belgium (Tournai?), c. 1440. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.357, f. 209r. [ica.themorgan.org]

wann-fāh

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Hana Videen

wann-fāh, adj: dark-hued. (WAHN-FAH)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the history of the neat. Read it on Patreon.

salu-brūn

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

salu-brūn, adj: dark-brown. (SAH-luh-BROON)

wyrm-basu

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrm-basu, adj: scarlet. (WURM-BAH-zuh / ˈwɝɹm-ˌba-zʌ)

Fieschi Psalter. Cambrai, c. 1290-1295. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.45, f. 256v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

weoloc-rēad

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

weoloc-rēad, adj: of the red colour that is got from the weoloc (a kind of shellfish or whelk), scarlet, purple. (WEH-ol-ock-RAY-ahd / ˈwɛɔ-lɔk-ˌɹeːad)

A purple parchment page of the Codex Argenteus, a sixth-century manuscript from northern Italy. [commons.wikimedia.org]

salu-brūn

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

salu-brūn, adj: dark-brown. [SA-loo-BROON]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday is on the ring-taking, spiritual pilgrims, and an Old English poem known as The Seafarer. Read it on Patreon.

An image in dark-brown of the devil and cat worshippers kissing a cat’s rear end. Jean Tinctor, Traittié du crisme de vauderie (Sermo contra sectam vaudensium). Bruges, c. 1470-1480. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 961, fol. 1r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]