brēad

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Hana Videen

brēad, n.n: a bit, fragment, morsel of food; (sometimes but not always) bread. [BRAY-ahd]

croc

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

croc, m.n: a crock, pitcher, water pot, flagon, small jug. [CROCK]

lēac

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

lēac, n.n: generally, a garden herb, an alliaceous plant; a leek. [LAY-ahk]

Ibn Butlân, Tacuinum sanitatis, c. 1400. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9333, fol. 22r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

sælmerige

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

sælmerige, f.n: brine. [SÆL-MEH-ri-yeh]

A container of olives in pickling brine. De materia medica. Turkey (Istanbul), mid-10th century. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.652, fol. 226r. [ica.themorgan.org]

druncen-georn

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

druncen-georn, adj: drink-desirous, drunken. [DRUNK-en-YAY-orn]

A monk-cellarer tasting wine from a barrel while filling a jug. Li Livres dou Santé, by Aldobrandino of Siena. France, late 13th century. [commons.wikimedia.org]

butere

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

butere, f.n: butter. [BUH-teh-reh]

Thanks @melibeus1 and @fredvries for helping me identify this image. Book of Hours. France, c. 1475-1499. Paris Bibliothèque, MS. 502, fol. 39r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

æppel-tūn

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

æppel-tūn, m.n: an apple-garden, orchard. [ÆP-pell-TOON]

A man labouring in an orchard: Petrus de Crescentiis’s Ruralia commoda in French translation. S. Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1478 – c. 1480. British Library, Royal 14 E VI, fol. 28r. [bl.uk]