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lēas-bregd

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Hana Videen

lēas-bregd, m.n: deceit, fraud, trick, cheat, wile. (LAY-ahs-BREYD / ˈleːas-ˌbrɛjd)

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tō-gang

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Hana Videen

tō-gang, m.n: access, approach. (TOH-GAHNG / ˈtoː-ˌgaŋ)

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ōfostlīce

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Hana Videen

ōfostlīce, adv: hastily, speedily, in haste. (OH-vost-LEE-chuh / ˈoː-vɔst-ˌliː-tʃə)

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gnēað

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Hana Videen

gnēað, adj: sparing, frugal, stingy, scanty, small. (G’NAY-ath / ˈgneːaθ)

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ēstlic

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Hana Videen

ēstlic, adj: kind, gracious, bounteous; devout, pious. (AIST-lich / ˈeːst-lɪtʃ)

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ufera

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

ufera, adj: upper, higher; upmost, highest; later, after. (UH-veh-ra / ˈʌ-vɛ-ra)

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spircing

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Hana Videen

spircing, f.n: a sprinkling, dropping. (SPIRCH-ing / ˈspɪr-tʃɪŋ)

Latin writing in a medieval manuscript; the letter Q of ‘quid’ is inhabited by a dragon and a bird, and the tail of the Q turns into the head of another dragon, out of whose mouth drop lines of red and blue, which fall to the bottom of the page.
Westminster Psalter; S England (Westminster or St Albans), c. 1200; British Library, Royal 2 A XXII, f. 66r. [bl.uk]
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hago-steald

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Hana Videen

hago-steald, adj: unmarried, young. (HA-go-STEH-ald / ˈha-gɔ-ˌstɛald)

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ealdor-dōm

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

ealdor-dōm, m.n: authority, power; primacy, pre-eminence; rule, sovereignty, lordship. (EH-all-dor-DOAM / ˈɛal-dɔr-ˌdoːm)

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puslian

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Hana Videen

puslian, wk.v: to pick out the best bits. (PUH-zli-ahn / ˈpʌz-lɪ-an)

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Medieval manuscript image of a woman opening a large chest full of golden donut-shaped objects while looking behind herself cautiously, a distaff or long stick with wool fibre tucked into her belt.
Book of Hours; Flemish, early 14th century; Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.22, f. 213r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]
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