drēam-swinsung

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

drēam-swinsung, f.n: mirth-harmony, harmony. [DRAY-ahm-SWIN-zung]

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ofer-lufu

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

ofer-lufu, f.n: excessive love. (OV-er-LUH-vuh / ˈɔ-vɛr-ˌlʌ-vʌ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on love. Read it on Patreon.

Screen Shot 2018-02-04 at 10.47.05 — Pierre Sala’s Petit Livre d’Amour. France, central (Paris) and southeast (Lyon), 1st quarter of the 16th century. British Library, Stowe MS 955, f. 13r. [bl.uk]

mann-lufu

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

mann-lufu, f.n: love of men. [MAHN-luv-oo]

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The Romance of Alexander in French verse, with miniatures illustrating legends of Alexander the Great and with marginal scenes of everyday life, by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise and his workshop, 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodl. 264, fol. 59r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk] Thanks very much to @melibeus1 for identifying the manuscript!

wīf-lufu

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

wīf-lufu, f.n: love for a woman. [WEEV-luv-oo]

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Epître d’Othea by Christine de Pisan. France, c. 1460. Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49, fol. 20v. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

symbel-wynn

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

symbel-wynn, f.n: ‘feast-joy’, pleasure or delight in feasting. (SUEM-bell-WUEN / ˈsym-bɛl-ˌwyn)

Illustration from Lancelot du Lac, or Prose Lancelot. Northeast France (Arras?), 1300-1380. British Library, Royal MS 20 D IV, fol. 1r. [bl.uk]

un-arodscipe

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

un-arodscipe, m.n: inactivity, spiritlessness. [oon-AH-road-ship-eh]

morgen-colla

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

morgen-colla, m.n: ‘morning-dread’, ‘morning-rage’. (MOR-gen-KOLL-ah / ˈmɔr-gɛn-ˌkɔl-la)

drēam-hæbbende

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Hana Videen

drēam-hæbbende, v/adj: possessing bliss, joyful. (DRAY-ahm-HAB-ben-duh / ˈdɹeːam-ˌhæ-bɛn-də)

irre-weorc

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Hana Videen

irre-weorc, n.n: a work undertaken in anger. [IR-reh-WEY-ork]

irringa

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Hana Videen

irringa, adv: angrily, in anger. [IR-rin-ga]