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æt-standend

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

æt-standend, m.n: a bystander, an attendant. (AT-stahn-dend / ˈæt-stand-ɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a strangely drawn blue donkey and a brown ox beneath a sloped roof with castle-like turrets.
Part of a Nativity scene in the Claricia Psalter; Germany (Augsburg), late 12th to early 13th century; Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.26, f. 8r. [thedigitalwalters.org]
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ge-tīðian

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-tīðian, wk.v: to grant, allow. (yeh-TEETH-i-ahn / jɛ-ˈtiː-θɪ-an)

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þurh-wadan

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

þurh-wadan, str.v: to pass through; (of a weapon) to pierce through, penetrate. (thur’h-WA-dahn / θʌrx-ˈwa-dan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a legless creature passing through a tower, its pointy-eared head and long neck on the right side, its shrivelled brown skin coming off on the left side where its tail is.
A snake in the Worksop Bestiary; England (Lincoln or York?), c. 1185; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 87v. [themorgan.org]
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horder-wice

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Hana Videen

horder-wice, f.n: the office of a treasurer or steward. (HOR-der-WITCH-uh / ˈhɔr-dɛr-ˌwɪ-tʃə)

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pynding

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Hana Videen

pynding, f.n: dam. (PUEN-ding / ˈpyn-dɪŋ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a beaver making its way through water, gripping a piece of wood in its forefeet and mouth.
Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; Lambeth Palace Library, MS 209, f. 7v. [images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk]
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sweor

Posted on December 16, 2025 by Hana Videen

sweor, m.n: a column, pillar (lit. or fig.), that which is shaped like a pillar. (SWEH-or / ˈswɛɔr)

Purple dyed page from a medieval manuscript with text written in gold and silver script divided between two larger columns, each containing four smaller columns.
Stockholm Codex Aureus; England (probably Canterbury), c. 750; Kungliga Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), MS. A 135, p. 45. [commons.wikimedia.org]

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holh

Posted on December 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

holh, n.n: a hollow, cavity, hole. (HOL’H / ˈhɔlx)

Medieval manuscript containing a large circular hole around which the hands of a clock have been drawn; a man holds a long narrow cylinder to his eye which connects with what would be 7:30 on the clock although there aren’t any numbers.
A drawing of Pacificus of Verona’s star clock; Switzerland (St Gallen), c. 1000; St Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 18, p. 43. [e-codices.unifr.ch]
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ge-hæp

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-hæp, adj: fit, suitable. (yeh-HAP / jɛ-ˈhæp)

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mid-siðian

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Hana Videen

mid-siðian, wk.v: to accompany. (MID-SITH-i-ahn / ˈmɪd-ˌsɪ-θɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of two men gesturing and possibly speaking to someone in front of them (not pictured), accompanied by three other men who stand in the background.
The Morgan Picture Bible; France (Paris), 1240s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 32v. [themorgan.org]
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ge-endebyrdan

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-endebyrdan, wk.v: to set in order, arrange, dispose. (yeh-EN-duh-BUER-dahn / jɛ-ˈɛn-də-ˌbyr-dan)

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