þræft

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

þræft, n.n: a quarrel, dispute, contention, chiding. (THRAFT)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the ‘in-laws’ of early medieval England. Read it on Patreon.

fæþman

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Hana Videen

fæþman, wk.v: to embrace, enfold. (FATH-mahn)

Happy Hug A Medievalist Day!

Queen Pasiphae embracing the bull in Christine de Pizan’s L’Épître Othéa. France (Paris), c. 1410-c. 1414. London, British Library, Harley 4431, f. 116r. [bl.uk]

ge-inlagian

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-inlagian, wk.v: to restore (someone) to the protection and rights of the law; to reverse (someone’s) sentence of outlawry. (yeh-in-LA-yee-ahn)

lēoht-flōwende

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

lēoht-flōwende, adj: flowing or streaming with light. (LAY-o-h’t-FLO-wen-deh)

Rothschild Canticles, from the turn of the 14th century. New Haven, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 404, f. 98r. [brbl-dl.library.yale.edu]

hnappian

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

hnappian, wk.v: to nap, doze, sleep lightly; to sleep. (HNAP-pee-ahn)

St Patrick napping on a knoll, with a figure on the right holding a book. Wauchier de Denain’s Lives of the Saints. France (Paris), 2nd quarter of the 13th century. London, British Library, MS Royal 20 D VI, f. 213v. [bl.uk]

finiht

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Hana Videen

finiht, adj: having fins, finny. (FIN-i’ht)

Fish from a bestiary. Iran (Maragheh), c. 1297-1300. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.500, f. 78v. [ica.themorgan.org]

hwirflede

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

hwirflede, adj: rounded, round. (HWIRV-led-eh)

Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, early 7th century. Liverpool, World Museum (National Museums Liverpool), item M6231. [liverpoolmuseums.org.uk]

ǣmerge

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

ǣmerge, f.n: embers, ashes; (figuratively) dust. (AM-er-yeh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on on harm-hills, available for all to read on Patreon. It’s post #125, and I’m making every 25th post FREE! Go read #25, #50, #75, and #100 while you’re at it.

bæcling

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

bæcling, adv: on the back, backwards, behind. (BACK-ling)

legbysig

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

legbysig, adj: busy with fire, lit. ‘fire-busy’. (LAY-buzz-ee)

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