on-wæcenness, f.n: excitement, excitation. (“on-WÆ-chen-ness”)
Category Archives: Emotions
anxsumnes
anxsumnes, f.n: anxiety. (“ANKS-soom-ness”)
frēorig-ferþ
frēorig-ferþ, adj: sad in soul. (“FRAY-oh-ree-FERTH”)
In this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post I read a passage about Beowulf and the lig-draca, the fire-dragon. Hear it on my Patreon page.
hopa
hopa, m.n: hope. (“HO-pah”)
wæfer-geornness
wæfer-geornness, f.n: eagerness to see sights. (“WAV-er-YAY-orn-ness”)
frēorig
frēorig, adj: freezing, chilled, frigid, frozen; chilled with fear or sorrow, trembling, sad. (“fray-oh-ree”)
be-forhtian
be-forhtian, wk.v: to dread, to fear. (“bay-forh-tee-on”)
hyht
hyht, m.n: hope, joyous expectation, joy. (“huht”)
For the new year…
Calendar page for January in the Hours of Yolande of Flanders. France (Paris), 1353-1363. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 27, f. 1r. [bl.uk]
ēad-lufe
ēad-lufe, f.n: happiness of love. (“ay-od-loo-veh”)
Joanna of Paris embracing a lion, from the Topographia Hiberniae of Gerald of Wales. England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-1223. British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 19v. [bl.uk/manuscripts]
efen-sārgung
efen-sārgung, f.n: compassion. (“eh-ven-sar-goong”)
