emn-scēolere

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Hana Videen

emn-scēolere, m.n: a fellow scholar. (EH-mun-SHAY-oll-leh-ruh / ˈɛ-mən-ˌʃeːɔ-lɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of two apes looking at an open book; an elderly man and a human-sized cat walk towards them carrying their own open books. — Romance of Alexander; Belgium (Tournai), 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264, f. 96r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

in-timbrian

Posted on April 7, 2026 by Hana Videen

in-timbrian, wk.v: to instruct. (in-TIM-bri-ahn / ɪn-ˈtɪm-brɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman with a set-square and compass showing a group of men various shapes on a table. — Scholastic Miscellany; France (Paris), c. 1309-1316; British Library, MS Burney 275, f. 293. [commons.wikimedia.org]

wīsdōm

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Hana Videen

wīsdōm, m.n: wisdom, knowledge, learning, philosophy. (WEEZ-doam / ˈwiːz-doːm)

Medieval manuscript image of a prison in which a man writes in a codex, resting his left hand on his chin as if in thought; a woman sits and observes, gesturing with her hands. — Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy; Austria (Salzburg), c. 1000; Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 15825, f. 1v. [digitale-sammlungen.de]

stǣr-leornere

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Hana Videen

stǣr-leornere, m.n: one who learns history, a historical scholar. (STAER-LEH-or-neh-ruh / ˈstæːr-ˌlɛɔr-nɛ-rə)

stǣr

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Hana Videen

stǣr, n.n: a history. (STAER / ˈstæːr)

lār-hlystend

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Hana Videen

lār-hlystend, m.n: candidate for baptism, catechumen, one receiving (or having received) religious instruction (before baptism); lit. ‘lore-listener’. (LAHR-HLUE-stend / ˈlaːr-ˌhly-stɛnd)

stæf-rǣw

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Hana Videen

stæf-rǣw, f.n: a letter-row, an alphabet. (STAFF-RAEW / ˈstæf-ˌræːw)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed woman holding her cloak out around a small girl who holds a hornbook. — St Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read from a hornbook; England, 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 231, f. 3r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

on-līhting

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Hana Videen

on-līhting, f.n: illumination, enlightening. (ON-lee’h-ting / ˈɔn-liːx-tɪŋ)

ge-recednys

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-recednys, f.n: a narration, history, report, an interpretation, a direction, correction. (yeh-REH-ched-nuss / jɛ-ˈrɛ-tʃɛd-nys)

stæf-wīs

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

stæf-wīs, adj: skilled in letters, literate. (STAFF-WEES / ˈstæf-ˌwiːs)

Medieval manuscript page in Latin written in two different styles of lettering, as well as a large S decorated with knot-work that begins the word Sapientes. — De natura rerum; E France, 9th century; Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Nat.1, f. 41r. [digitale-sammlungen.de]

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