lēafnes-word

lēafnes-word, n.n: a password. [LÆ-ahv-ness-WORD]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘Magic…a fool’s craft?’ Read it on Patreon.

wōþ-bora

wōþ-bora, m.n: a (good) speaker, orator, poet, prophet, philosopher. (WOATH-BO-ra / ˈwoːθ-ˌbɔra)

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday I’m reading from The Phoenix. Hear it on my Patreon page.

hēaf-sang, m.n: an elegy; a dirge or lament. (HAY-ahf-SAHNG / ˈheːaf-ˌsaŋ)

wæflian, wk.v: to talk foolishly. (WAEF-li-ahn / ˈwæf-lɪ-an)

trahtung, f.n: exposition, comment. (TRA’H-tung / ˈtrax-tʌŋ)

in-āwritting, f.n: an inscription. (IN-ah-WRIT-ting / ˈɪn-aː-ˌwrɪ-tɪŋ)

bufan-cweden, adj: aforesaid, above-mentioned. (BUH-vahn-KWEH-den / ˈbʌ-van-ˌkwɛ-dɛn)

gegaf-sprǣce, adj: given to buffoonery; scurrilous, vulgar in speech. (yeh-GOFF-SPRATCH-uh / jɛ-ˈgaf-ˌspɹæː-tʃə)

hræd-wyrd, adj: quick, hasty of speech. (HRAED-WUERD / ˈhræd-ˌwyrd)

pistol, m.n: an epistle, letter. (PIH-stoll / ˈpɪ-stɔl)