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ǣwisc-mōd

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Hana Videen

ǣwisc-mōd, adj: ashamed, disgraced. (AE-wish-MOAD / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌmoːd)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two men averting their faces and covering an older man with a piece of cloth who sleeps in a chair, naked except for his hat; another man gestures as he departs.
Psalter; England (Oxford), between 1212 and 1220; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.43, f. 9r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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rōt

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Hana Videen

rōt, adj: glad, cheerful; noble, excellent. (ROAT / ˈroːt)

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wēa-gesīþ

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

wēa-gesīþ, m.n: woe-companion, a companion in misery or wickedness. (WAY-ah-yeh-SEETH / ˈweːa-jɛ-ˌsiːθ)

In a medieval manuscript illustration, a group of men look upset, scratching their heads and gesturing to something unseen before them.
Lament over the fall of Babylon in the Douce Apocalypse; England (Westminster?), c. 1265-1270; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 180, f. 50v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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hrēð-lēas

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Hana Videen

hrēð-lēas, adj: inglorious, joyless, without the joy of victory. (HRAITH-LAY-ahs / ˈhreːθ-leːas)

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heoru-drēorig

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Hana Videen

heoru-drēorig, adj: blood-stained, drenched in blood; very sad, disconsolate; used as a substantive to mean ‘the disconsolate one’. (HEH-or-uh-DRAY-oh-rih / ˈhɛɔ-rʌ-ˌdreːɔ-rɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of five disembodied wounds gushing out blood.
Five Wounds of Christ in the Loftie Hours; Netherlands, 15th century; Walters Art Museum, MS W.165, f. 110v. [thedigitalwalters.org]

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forht-mōd

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Hana Videen

forht-mōd, adj: timid in spirit, afraid. (FOR’HT-MOAD / ˈfɔrxt-ˌmoːd)

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blissian

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Hana Videen

blissian, wk.v: to rejoice, exult, be glad or merry; to gladden, delight. (BLIS-si-ahn / ˈblɪs-sɪ-an)

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lēoht-mōd

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Hana Videen

lēoht-mōd, adj: of cheerful disposition, light-hearted. (LAY-o’ht-MOAD / ˈleːɔxt-ˌmoːd)

Medieval manuscript image of a smiling human head popping out of a snail shell.
Maastricht Hours; Liège, c. 1310-1320; British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 8r. [bl.uk]
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hyhtan

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Hana Videen

hyhtan, wk.v: to hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice. (HUE-h’tahn / ˈhyx-tan)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on second Liða and weed-month. Hear and read it on Patreon.

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ge-belg

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Hana Videen

ge-belg, m.n: anger, offense. (yeh-BELG / jɛ-ˈbɛlg)

Medieval manuscript image of an angry and strange-looking snail, with tall ears and gritted teeth.
Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme; Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, f. 109v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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