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fyrd-lēoþ

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

fyrd-lēoþ, n.n: battle-song. (FUERD-LAY-oth / ˈfyrd-ˌleːɔθ)

battlesong
Discarding Images blog: Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France, 1420. BL, Royal 20 B XX, fol. 57r.
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wæl-grim

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Hana Videen

wæl-grim, adj: slaughter-grim, cruel, destructive, bloodthirsty. (WAEL-GRIM / ˈwæl-ˌgrɪm)

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glæs

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

glæs, n.n: glass. (GLASS / ˈglæs)

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hlȳp

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

hlȳp, m.n: leap, jump. (H’LUEP / ˈhlyːp)

Luttrell Psalter – folio 84r. Manuscript made in Lincolnshire, England, between 1320-1340 for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell. British Library, Add. MS 42130; from the British Library manuscript pages.
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swylt

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

swylt, m.n: death, destruction. (SWUELT / ˈswylt)

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hȳð

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

hȳð, f.n: a hithe, or place that receives a ship on its landing; a low shore, fit to be a landing place for boats; a port, haven. (HUETH / ˈhyːθ)

Hithe occurs in the names of seaports, and also landing-places on rivers, far from the coast.

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hungor

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Hana Videen

hungor, m.n: hunger, famine. (HUNG-gor / ˈhʌŋ-gɔr)

hungry
Bestiarium. W France, c. 1450. Museum Meermanno, MMW, 10 B 25, f. 12v. [bestiary.ca]
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fēnix

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Hana Videen

fēnix, m.n: phoenix. (FAY-niks / ˈfeː-nɪks)

Detail of a phoenix in the Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24), fol. 56r. The English illuminated manuscript is from the 12th-century.
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dēaþ-sele

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēaþ-sele, m.n: hall of death. (DAY-ath-SEH-luh / ˈdeːaθ-ˌsɛ-lə)

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middan-geard

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Hana Videen

middan-geard, m.n: middle-dwelling (between heaven and hell), the earth, world. (MID-dahn-YEH-ard / ˈmɪd-dan-ˌjɛard)

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