dæg-fæsten

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Hana Videen

dæg-fæsten, n.n: a day’s fast. (DAIE-FAE-sten / ˈdæj-ˌfæ-stɛn)

swēt-mete

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Hana Videen

swēt-mete, m.n: a sweet-meat, delicacy. (SWAIT-MEH-tuh / ˈsweːt-ˌmɛ-tə)

Geoffrey Luttrell dining with his family in the Luttrell Psalter, c. 1320-1340. British Library, Add. MS 42130. [via British Library]

cor-snǣd

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Hana Videen

cor-snǣd, f.n: trial morsel (‘decision-bite’); consecrated piece of bread or cheese to be swallowed in trial by ordeal. (KOR-SNAD / ˈkɔr-ˌsnæːd)

panic

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Hana Videen

panic, n.n: a sort of millet. (PAH-nitch / ˈpa-nɪtʃ)

pan-mete

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Hana Videen

pan-mete, m.n: cooked food. (PAHN-MEH-tuh / ˈpan-ˌmɛ-tə)

joseph_detail — St Joseph cooking a meal for Mary in The Holy Family. France, c. 1440-1450. The J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig IX 6, f. 181. [blogs.getty.edu]

æg

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Hana Videen

æg, n.n: egg. (AIE / ˈæj)

coliandre

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Hana Videen

coliandre, f.n: the herb coriander. (KOLL-li-ahn-druh / ˈkɔ-lɪ-an-dɹə)

corn-gesǣlig

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Hana Videen

corn-gesǣlig, adj: wealthy in corn or grain. (KORN-yeh-SAE-lih / ˈkɔrn-jɛ-ˌsæː-lɪj)

Ceres sowing corn. French, c. 1410-1414. Christine de Pizan. British Library, MS Harley 4431. Photo by Tony Harrison on Flickr.

heal-stān

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

heal-stān, m.n: a flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust (lit. corner-stone); a crust. (HEH-all-STAHN / ˈhɛal-ˌstaːn)

gyte-sǣl

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

gyte-sǣl, m.n: joy at the pouring out of wine. (YUH-tuh-SAEL / ˈjɝ-tə-ˌsæːl)

Women drinking, Watriquet de Couvin (1325).