word-sāwere

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Hana Videen

word-sāwere, m.n: word-sower. (WORD-SAH-weh-ruh / ˈwɔrd-ˌsaː-wɛ-rə)

wealh-stod

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Hana Videen

wealh-stod, m.n: interpreter; one who serves as a medium between speakers of different languages; translator; interpreter of a subject, expounder; mediator. (WEH-al’h-STODD / ˈwɛalx-ˌstɔd)

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mǣran

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

mǣran, wk.v: to make known, celebrate, declare, proclaim. (MAE-rahn / ˈmæː-ran)

murcnung

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

murcnung, f.n: complaint, murmuring. (MURK-nung / ˈmʌrk-nʌŋ)

reordian

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Hana Videen

reordian, wk.v: to speak, say. (REH-or-di-ahn / ˈrɛɔr-di-an)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man carrying a young child on his back and walking with three other children; three of the children have writing connected to their mouths with a line like speech bubbles. — Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda aurea; England, c. 1300; British Library, Stowe MS 49, f. 122r. [medievalbooks.nl]

bōc-lēaf

Posted on March 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

bōc-lēaf, n.n: the leaf of a book, a charter. (BOAK-LAY-off / ˈboːk-ˌleːaf)

Leaf of parchment with Latin writing in the upper half and Old English writing in the lower half, followed by a series of names. — Charter issued by Archbishop Wulfstan; England, early 11th century; British Library, Add Ch 19795. [blogs.bl.uk]

hand-gewrit

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Hana Videen

hand-gewrit, n.n: what is written by the hand, a deed, contract. (HOND-yeh-WRIT / ˈhand-jɛ-ˌwrɪt)

Inside an initial D in a medieval manuscript, a monk writes on a piece of parchment. — Rufillus’s self portrait in Ambrose’s Hexaemeron; Germany (Weissenau), late 12th century; Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, Lescalopier 30, f. 29v. [initiale.irht.cnrs.fr]

nemnan

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Hana Videen

nemnan, wk.v: to name, give a name to a person or thing to call upon the name of, address by name, to invoke; to mention by name, to mention, relate. (NEM-nahn / ˈnɛm-nan)