dūru

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Hana Videen

dūru, m/f/n.n: door. (DOO-ruh / ˈduː-rʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a person standing between some columns beside an unusually short door (not quite reaching their shoulders) with decorative hinges and a knocker or handle in the centre. — Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 27v. [bl.uk]

frocga

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Hana Videen

frocga, m.n: frog. (FRAW-ja / ˈfrɔ-dʒa)

Medieval manuscript image of three frogs swimming in the water, a fourth halfway swallowed by a large fish, with a sea serpent swimming by. — Bestiary; England, c. 1225-1250; Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 54v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

rǣdan

Posted on June 21, 2024 by Hana Videen

rǣdan, wk/str.v: to have an idea, suppose; to make out the meaning of a riddle; to learn by perusal; to read; to counsel, give advice; to resolve after deliberation. (RAD-ahn / ˈræː-dan)

tōþ

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Hana Videen

tōþ, m.n: tooth, tusk. (TOATH / ˈtoːθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a strange-looking elephant that more closely resembles a disappointed tapir vomiting up a tusk. — De medicina ex animalibus; England or N France, c. 1175-1200; British Library, Sloane MS 1975, f. 81v. [blogs.bl.uk]

swefen-reccere

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Hana Videen

swefen-reccere, m.n: interpreter of dreams, soothsayer. (SWEH-ven-REH-cheh-ruh / ˈswɛ-vɛn-ˌrɛ-tʃɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a king speaking to an old bearded man beneath three trees, one containing the moon, one with the sun and one with a fancy-looking bird. — Alexander and the soothsayer in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book; France (Rouen), mid 15th century; British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 18v. [blogs.bl.uk]

ǣmett-hyll

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Hana Videen

ǣmett-hyll, m.n: anthill. (AM-et-HUELL / ˈæː-mɛt-ˌhyl)

Medieval manuscript image of ants crawling back and forth between grain and an anthill. — Northumberland Bestiary; England, 1250-60; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, f. 23v. [blogs.getty.edu]

ēowo-meoluc

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Hana Videen

ēowo-meoluc, f.n: ewe’s milk. (AY-o-wo-MEH-o-luk / ˈeːɔ-wɔ-ˌmɛɔ-lʌk)

Medieval manuscript image of a person sitting in the midst of a crowded sheepfold milking a ewe. — Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 163v. [bl.uk]

earmincg

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

earmincg, m.n: miserable being, unhappy or unfortunate wretch. (EH-ar-minj / ˈɛar-mɪndʒ)

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earm

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Hana Videen

earm, adj: wretched, miserable. (EH-arm / ˈɛarm)

Medieval manuscript image of Job, wearing only a short loin cloth, sitting on a dung heap; beside the dung heap stand a woman wearing a butterfly headdress, a hat-wearing man and two other men. — Book of Hours; France (Paris), 1430s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.359, f. 171r. [ica.themorgan.org]

eardung

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

eardung, f.n: dwelling, habitation. (EH-ar-dung / ˈɛar-dʌŋ)

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