ge-dāl

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

ge-dāl, n.n: a division, separation, parting, distribution. (yeh-DAHL / jɛ-ˈdaːl)

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Medieval manuscript image of five columns topped with overlapping arches and fantastic hybrid beasts; in the four spaces between the columns are the names of the gospels with numbers written in Roman numerals. — Bury Gospels; S England, 1st half of 11th century; British Library, Harley 76, f. 7r. [bl.uk]

mann-ēaca

Posted on August 15, 2021 by Hana Videen

mann-ēaca, m.n: an increase of human beings. (MAHN-AY-ah-ka / ˈman-ˌeːa-ka)

Medieval manuscript image of a massive group of people, seven rows of a dozen or so each; one man standing in front holds a scroll in one hand that winds upwards across the crowd. — Bertran Boysset’s Dialogue avec Dieu; France (Arles), 1405; Carpentras, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 327, f. 24r. [initiale.irht.cnrs.fr]

mǣd-mǣwect

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Hana Videen

mǣd-mǣwect, n: the mowing of a meadow. (MAED-MAE-wekt / ˈmæːd-ˌmæː-wɛkt)

Medieval manuscript image of two rabbits in a field of flowers, one of them grazing while the other sits alert. — Cocharelli Codex; Italy (Genoa), c. 1330-c. 1340; British Library, Add MS 28841, f. 6v. [bl.uk]

ge-fēre

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Hana Videen

ge-fēre, adj: easy of access. (yeh-VAY-ruh / jɛ-ˈveː-rə)

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Medieval manuscript image of a tonsured monk leading a horse pulling a two wheeled cart across a bridge; the hand of God points down from the clouds to the reliquary in the cart, and four fish swim in the river beneath the bridge. — Miscellany on the life of St Edmund; England (Bury St Edmunds), c. 1130; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.736, f. 20v. [themorgan.org]

weorold-cund

Posted on August 8, 2021 by Hana Videen

weorold-cund, adj: earthly, temporal; secular, profane as opposed to sacred; secular as opposed to ecclesiastical. (WEH-oh-rold-KUND / ˈwɛɔ-rɔld-ˌkʌnd)

scimrian

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Hana Videen

scimrian, wk.v: to shine, glisten, shimmer. (SHIM-ri-ahn / ˈʃɪm-rɪ-an)

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