ge-myndig

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

ge-myndig, adj: mindful, remembering. (yeh-MUEN-dih / jɛ-ˈmyn-dɪj)

gāt

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

gāt, f.n: goat. (GAHT / ˈgaːt)

Bestiary. England, c. 1225-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 20v. [bestiary.ca]

sige-cwēn

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

sige-cwēn, f.n: victory-queen, victorious queen. (SIH-yuh-KWAIN / ˈsɪ-jə-ˌkweːn)

Penthesilia, queen of the Amazons, in an anonymous French translation of Boccaccio’s De claris mulieribus. France (Rouen), c. 1440. British Library, Royal 16 G V, f. 35v. [bl.uk]

hund

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

hund, m.n: hound, dog. (HUND / ˈhʌnd)

A dog mourning the murder of its master, possibly pointing out the murderer. The Bestiary of Ann Walsh. England, 15th century. Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, f. 18r. [bestiary.ca]

ge-hæg

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

ge-hæg, n.n: enclosed piece of land. (yeh-HAIE / jɛ-ˈhæj)

gōs

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

gōs, f.n: a goose. (GOHS / ˈgoːs)

Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 76r. [bestiary.ca]

lyb

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

lyb, n.n: medicine, drug. (LUEB / ˈlyb)

lytel

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Hana Videen

lytel, adj: little. (LUE-tell / ˈly-tɛl)

hūs

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

hūs, n.n: building, house; temporary shelter; room. (HOOS / ˈhuːs)

The Holy Family at work, in the Hours of Catherine of Cleves. The Netherlands (Utrecht), c. 1440. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.917/945, p. 149. [themorgan.org]

gærs-stapa

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

gærs-stapa, m.n: locust (grass-stepper). (GARZ-STAH-pa / ˈgærz-ˌsta-pa)

Screen Shot 2018-03-30 at 3.21.37 PM — Book of Hours of Joanna I of Castile. Netherlands, S. (Bruges), 1486-1506. British Library, Add MS 18852, fol. 30r. [bl.uk]