feþer

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

feþer, f.n: feather; (in plural) wings; quill, pen. (FEH-ther / ˈfɛ-θɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of a stork with long brown tail feathers taking a step and eating a very long worm that is hanging out of its beak. — Stork in Gerald of Wales’s Topography of Ireland; N England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-c.1223; British Library, Royal 13 B VIII, f. 9v. [bl.uk]

ēage

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

ēage, n.n: eye. (AY-ah-yuh / ˈeːa-jə)

Medical miscellany, including the ‘book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets’; England, late 14th or early 15th century; British Library, Sloane 981, f. 68r. [bl.uk]

gyllan

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Hana Videen

gyllan, str.v: (of birds) to make a loud cry, to screech; (of wolves or dogs) to bay, howl; (of inanimate objects) to make a strident, grating, or crashing noise; to yell, utter a loud cry. (YUEL-lahn / ˈjyl-lan)

wæl-hwelp

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Hana Videen

wæl-hwelp, m.n: slaughter-whelp, dog that slays, hunting dog. (WAEL-H’WELP / ˈwæl-ˌhwɛlp)

Medieval manuscript image of two hunting dogs pursuing a hare; below is a dog biting a man’s throat while another man lies with a spear through him and a dog sitting beside him; another small dog appears below that. — Bestiary; England, 13th century; British Library, Harley MS 3244, f. 45r. [bl.uk]

fealu

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Hana Videen

fealu, adj: colour-term of uncertain/varied meaning: basically yellow but variously tinted with shades of red, brown or grey, often pale, always unsaturated (not vivid). (FEH-ah-luh / ˈfɛa-lʌ)