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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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bisig

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Hana Videen

bisig, adj: busy, occupied. (BIH-zih / ˈbɪ-zɪj)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man using an axe to chop branches from leafless tree or bush; a goat-snail hybrid creature watches him from beside a fire.
Calendar page for December in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg; France (Paris), before 1349; The Met Cloisters, object 69.86. [metmuseum.org]
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fen-līc

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

fen-līc, adj: fenlike, marshy. (FEN-leech / ˈfɛn-liːtʃ)

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brǣdan

Posted on November 27, 2025 by Hana Videen

brǣdan, wk.v: to cook (food); (specifically) to roast or grill as opposed to boil. (BRAD-ahn / ˈbræː-dan)

Medieval manuscript marginalia of a man and woman cooking some sort of poultry over a fire; the woman without legs turns the long spit and the man with hooves and a long tail holds a large pair of tongs.
Book of Hours; Flanders, 14th century; Walters Art Museum, W.88, f. 129r. [thedigitalwalters.org]
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gamenian

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

gamenian, wk.v: to play; to jest. (GA-men-i-ahn / ˈga-mɛn-ɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of possibly two people in a blue deer costume (the face of one is visible and its chest and there are two pairs of shoes) and a musician playing a flute or whistle with a drum on their back.
Book of Hours; Flanders, 14th century; Walters Art Museum, W.88, f. 115v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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samod-fæst

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Hana Videen

samod-fæst, adj: fast joined together. (SAH-mod-FAST / ˈsa-mɔd-ˌfæst)

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on-āl

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Hana Videen

on-āl, n.n: a burning, kindling; also what is burnt. (ON-all / ˈɔn-aːl)

Medieval manuscript image of an eagle-like bird that looks a bit surprised that it is breathing fire.
New College Psalter, William de Brailes; England, early 13th century; Oxford, New College Library, MS 322, f. 118v. [x.com]
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lǣce-īren

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Hana Videen

lǣce-īren, n.n: lancet, physician’s knife. (LATCH-uh-EE-ren / ˈlæː-tʃə-ˌiː-rɛn)

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wīdian

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

wīdian, wk.v: to widen, grow wide. (WEE-di-ahn / ˈwiː-dɪ-an)

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masc

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Hana Videen

masc, n.n: a mesh, net. (MAWSH / ˈmaʃ)

Medieval manuscript with Latin text with two holes in the parchment repaired with meshes of colourful embroidery.
Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea; Interlaken (?), 14th century; Freiburg, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Ms. L 34, f. 246v. [e-codices.unifr.ch]
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