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grymettan

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Hana Videen

grymettan, wk.v: to roar, bellow; to cry out, howl. (GRUE-met-tahn / ˈgry-mɛt-tan)

Marginal lion in the Rothschild Canticles; Flanders, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 115v. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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nosu

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Hana Videen

nosu, f.n: nose. (NO-zuh / ˈnɔ-zʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a spotty green creature with a long, trumpet-like nose, two hoofed feet and a short tail.
Bible; France, c. 1270-1290; Bibliothèque d’Agglomération de Saint-Omer, Ms. 5, f. 246r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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grǣdig

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

grǣdig, adj: greedy, covetous. (GRADD-ih / ˈgræː-dɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of a person taking coins from a lockbox; a devil leans over the lockbox with a toothy grin, another devil whispers in his ear and pats the person’s head, and a third devil sits on the ground and looks in the person’s coin purse.
La Somme le Roy; France, 1290-1300; British Library, Add. 28162, f. 9v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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nyten

Posted on September 6, 2025 by Hana Videen

nyten, adj: ignorant. (NUE-ten / ˈny-tɛn)

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rǣsan

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Hana Videen

rǣsan, wk.v: to rush, move violently or impetuously. (RAZ-ahn / ˈræː-zan)

Medieval manuscript image of a fierce-looking, four-legged hairy beast with long ears running on hoofed feet, baring its teeth.
A falena in Der Naturen Bloeme; Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 57v. [galerij.kb.nl]
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stēda

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Hana Videen

stēda, m.n: stallion (mainly equine but also used for a male camel). (STAY-da / ˈsteː-da)

Medieval manuscript image of a line-up of camels; the one on the far left bears a man with a spear.
Old English Hexateuch; England, 11th century; British Library, MS Cotton Claudius B IV, f. 39r. [caitlingreen.org]
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hȳra

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Hana Videen

hȳra, m.n: hireling, one who works for pay, a hired servant. (HUE-rah / ˈhyː-ra)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a female servant arranging her mistress’s hair who has a comb in her lap and holds a long plait; the servant holds a mirror in one hand as she works.
Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 63r. [blogs.bl.uk]

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mere-fisc

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

mere-fisc, m.n: sea-fish. (MEH-ruh-FISH / ˈmɛ-rə-ˌfɪʃ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two fish facing away from each other, their bodies mostly vertical but with their tails inclined closer together; a triangle-shaped block of text separates them.
Fish depicted in a 13th-century grammar text; Worcester Cathedral Library, F99, f. 71v. [worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com]
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tord

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Hana Videen

tord, n.n: turd, dung. (TORD / ˈtɔrd)

Medieval manuscript image of a creature resembling a horse with jagged antlers excreting four balls of dung.
Bonnacon (illustrations of these critters never get old) from Der Naturen Bloeme; NW Flanders, c. 1287; Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70, f. 181r. [bestiary.ca]
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swelce

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Hana Videen

swelce, adv: as, like. (SWELL-chuh / ˈswɛl-tʃə)

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