wīn-hūs

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

wīn-hūs, n.n: wine-house. (WEEN-HOOS)

Roman d’Alexandre. France (Tournai), 1338-1344. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, f. 94v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

gristel

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

gristel, m.n: gristle. (GRIS-tell)

salfige

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

salfige, f.n: sage (the herb). (SAL-vih-yeh)

codd-æppel

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Hana Videen

codd-æppel, m.n: quince. (CODD-AP-pell)

bryþen

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Hana Videen

bryþen, n.n: brewing; concoction, soup, broth. (BRUTH-en)

wīn-horn

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

wīn-horn, m.n: a wine-horn, drinking-cup. (WEEN-horn)

Drinking-horn on modern core, fittings now mounted on a replica. England (Taplow), 6th century. British Museum 1883,1214.19. [research.britishmuseum.org]

byrgan

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

byrgan, wk.v: to taste, partake of (food or drink). (BUR-gahn)

Livre du roi Modus et de la reine Ratio. France, 14th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 22545, f. 72. [commons.wikimedia.org]

fela-ǣte

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Hana Videen

fela-ǣte, adj: eating much. (FELL-ah-AT-eh)

De rerum natura. France, 1275-1290. Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, f. 45r. [bvmm.ihrt.cnrs.fr]

wist-full

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

wist-full, adj: abounding in food, productive. (WIST-full)

wist

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

wist, n.m/f: subsistence; a feast; eating, feasting. (WIST)

Luttrell Psalter. England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 206v. [bl.uk]