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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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ge-fēra

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Hana Videen

ge-fēra, m.n: companion, comrade. (yeh-VAY-ra / jɛ-ˈveː-ra)

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Medieval manuscript image of people gathered around a table, eating and drinking and conversing; musicians perform in the background and in the foreground a dog steals some fish from a plate.
Somme le Roi; France, 1290-1300; British Library, Add MS 28162, f. 10v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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lystan

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Hana Videen

lystan, wk.v: to desire, to lust for (something/someone). (LUE-stahn / ˈly-stan)

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þrinness

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Hana Videen

þrinness, f.n: Trinity, as in the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). (THRIN-ness / ˈθrɪn-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript image of two bearded and haloed human figures with a dove diving down from the sky between them; beneath their feet are a couple of devils, and their hands make a sign of blessing.
Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1200; British Library, Arundel MS 157, f. 93r. [aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com]
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hīw

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

hīw, n.n: form, figure, appearance, likeness. (HEE-ew / ˈhiːw)

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gold-hord

Posted on December 7, 2024 by Hana Videen

gold-hord, m.n: treasure, a hoard of valuables. (GOLD-HORD / ˈgɔld-ˌhɔrd)

A pile of worn and damaged gold items, including part of a cheek piece, a hilt with an intertwining pattern, mounts and studs with inlaid patterns, and a folded band with a Latin inscription.
Staffordshire Hoard; England (Staffordshire), deposited c. 650-675, with items made during the 6th and 7th centuries. [wikipedia.org]
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ge-tēon

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Hana Videen

ge-tēon, v: to do, effect, cause; to determine a course of action. (yeh-TAY-on / jɛ-ˈteːɔn)

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brēost

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Hana Videen

brēost, n.n: breast, chest. (BRAY-ost / ˈbreːɔst)

Medieval manuscript image of a pelican ripping open her on breast so she bleeds; four of her young surround her, feeding on the blood.
Northumberland Bestiary; England, c. 1250-1260; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, f. 41. [blogs.getty.edu]
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