snōd

snōd, f.n: snood, headdress. (SNOAD / ˈsnoːd)

heoru-swealwe

heoru-swealwe, f.n: falcon, hawk. (HEH-or-uh-SWEH-all-wuh / ˈhɛɔ-rʌ-ˌswɛal-wə)

feoh-spilling, f.n: wasting of money. (FEH-oh-SPIL-ling / ˈfɛɔx-ˌspɪl-lɪŋ)

ȳþ-lida, m.n: ship (wave-traverser). (UETH-LI-da / ˈyːθ-ˌlɪ-da)

fisc, m.n: fish; any animal that lives exclusively in the water. (FISH / ˈfɪʃ)

þrowend, m.n: scorpion; martyr; Thrond (member of a people in northern Norway). (THRO-wend / ˈθrɔ-wɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the double meaning of þrowend. Read it on Patreon.

lēo, m.n: a lion, lioness. (LAY-oh / ˈleːɔ)

fæder, m.n: father (a human father or God the Father). (FADD-er / ˈfæ-dɛr)

Happy Father’s Day!

ūht-sceaþa, m.n: one who robs in the time just before dawn. (OO’HT-SHEH-ah-tha / ˈuːxt-ˌʃɛa-θa)

lyft-floga, m.n: flier in the air (dragon). (LUEFT-FLO-ga / ˈlyft-ˌflɔ-ga)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on lyftfloga, the scary ‘sky-winger’ in Beowulf. Hear me read from the poem on the Wordhord Patreon page.