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elpend-bān

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Hana Videen

elpend-bān, n.n: ivory (elephant-bone). (EL-pend-BAHN / ˈɛl-pɛnd-ˌbaːn)

An elephant tusk carved with the Christ Child embracing his mother.
Virgin and Child; Egypt (Byzantine), 7th-8th century; The Walters Art Museum 71.297. [thematerialcollective.org]
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wer

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Hana Videen

wer, m.n: man, male. (WEHR / ˈwɛr)

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A naked man holding a stick rides on the back of a many-legged dragon in the margin of a medieval manuscript.
Rutland Psalter; England, c. 1260; British Library, Add MS 62925, f. 83r. [blogs.bl.uk]
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mere-weard

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

mere-weard, m.n: sea-guardian, one who keeps guard in the sea. (MEH-ruh-WEH-ard / ˈmɛ-rə-ˌwɛard)

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nett

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Hana Videen

nett, n.n: web, net. (NET / ˈnɛt)

In the margin of a medieval manuscript, a spider hangs on a thread below a large web.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 130r. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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mān

Posted on January 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

mān, adj: wicked, false. (MAHN / ˈmaːn)

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īsen

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Hana Videen

īsen, n.n: iron. (EE-zen / ˈiː-zɛn)

Three extremely corroded pieces of metal, which are difficult to identify as anything in particular.
Iron brooch fastenings; England, 6th century; Rutland County Museum. [rutlandcountymuseum.org.uk]
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ge-lēafful

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-lēafful, adj: full of belief, faithful. (yeh-LAY-ahf-full / jɛ-ˈleːaf-fʌl)

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gehroden

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Hana Videen

gehroden, adj: adorned. (yeh-H’ROD-en / jɛ-ˈhrɔ-dɛn)

Circular pendant decorated with twisted and beaded gold wires. Surrounded by a border of eight gold circles, four gold triangles extend from a central red garnet.
Gold disk pendant; England (Kent), early 600s; Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]
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fore-bēacen

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Hana Videen

fore-bēacen, n.n: foretoken, portent, sign. (FOR-uh-BAY-ah-kun / ˈfɔ-rə-ˌbeːa-kən)

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syllic

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Hana Videen

syllic, adj: strange, wonderful. (SUEL-litch / ˈsyl-lɪtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of a creature with a bird-like head, with a testicle-like wattle hanging below its long curved beak and a tentacle coming out of the back of its head between its long ears; the body, which has neither arms nor wings, is blue and rests upon two taloned feet.
Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 145r. [blogs.bl.uk]
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