weol-dēaþ, m.n: a violent death. (WAY-ol-DAY-ath)

Evil Merodach cutting his father’s body into 300 pieces. Speculum humanae salvationis. France, 1462. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 245, f. 145r. [numelyo.bm-lyon.fr]

rǣran, wk.v: to cause to rise, to rear, raise; to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position; to set up, establish; to give rise to, excite; to exalt. (RA-rahn)

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Judas Maccabeus besieging the Acra. Alba Bible. Spain, 1433. [commons.wikimedia.org]

þrēat, m.n: a troop, band, crowd, body of people, swarm, press, throng. (THRAY-aht)

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endleofan-gilde, adj: entitled to elevenfold compensation. (END-lay-ov-on-YILL-deh)

solian, wk.v: to make or to become foul. (SOLL-ee-on)

A page which bears the scars of vigorous scraping, which have become ingrained with dirt over the years. Bible, Central France (Tours), 1st half of the 9th century. British Library, Harley MS 2805, f. 149r. [blogs.bl.uk]

frum-sceaft, f.n: the first creation, the creation, beginning, origin, original state or condition; a created being, creature. (FRUM-shay-aft)

þēodan, wk.v: to join (trans. or intrans.), attach; to join as a companion, associate with, attach oneself to a person, society, place, etc. (THAY-oh-don)

wan-spēd, f.n: poverty, indigence. (WAHN-spade)

Pouvrete (Poverty) in Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. Southern Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1490-c. 1500. British Library, Harley MS 4425, f. 11v. [bl.uk]

āþ-fultum, m.n: the support to an oath, i.e. the supporters of an oath, those who support one’s oath, who will swear for another as witnesses. (ATH-full-tum)