meolc

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Hana Videen

meolc, f.n: milk. (MEH-olk / ˈmɛɔlk)

wlitig

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Hana Videen

wlitig, adj: beautiful. (W’LI-tih / ˈwlɪ-tɪj)

brægen

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Hana Videen

brægen, n.n: brain. (BRAE-yen / ˈbræ-jɛn)

ēa-land

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Hana Videen

ēa-land, n.n: island. (AY-ah-LOND / ˈeːa-ˌland)

A ship landing on a whale mistaken for an island in an early thirteenth century bestiary. British Library, Harley MS 4751, f. 69r. [bl.uk]

wild-dēor

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Hana Videen

wild-dēor, n.n: wild animal. (WILLD-DAY-or / ˈwɪld-ˌdeːɔr)

hedgehogs — Detail of a miniature of hedgehogs sticking fallen fruit to their quills and carrying it back to their burrow; from the Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F. xiii, f. 45r.

līc-hama

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Hana Videen

līc-hama, m.n: body. (LEECH-HA-ma / ˈliːtʃ-ˌha-ma)

nicor

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Hana Videen

nicor, m.n: water-monster. (NICK-or / ˈnɪ-kɔr)

swan-rād

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Hana Videen

swan-rād, n: swan-road, a kenning for the sea. (SWAHN-RAWD / ˈswan-ˌraːd)

British Library, Harley MS 4751, folio 41v

ganot

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

ganot, m.n: sea-bird, probably a gannet. (GAH-not / ˈga-nɔt)

wer-gild

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Hana Videen

wer-gild, n.n: man-price, recompense to which a victim’s family is entitled in case of wrongful death, set according to the victim’s status. (WEHR-YILD / ˈwɛr-ˌjɪld)