flǣsc-hord

flǣsc-hord, n.n: ‘flesh-hoard’, the body. (FLASH-HORD / ˈflæːʃ-ˌhɔrd)

Bloodletting-Zodiac Man, from a collection of astronomical, calendrical, medical and philosophical texts compiled in England (1275-1540). British Library, Harley MS 3719, ff. 158v-159r. [blogs.bl.uk]

hwæles ēðel

hwæles ēðel, compound: ‘whale’s home’, the ocean. (H’WAL-uz-AY-thell / ˈhwæ-ləz-ˌeː-θɛl)

For more on medieval whales, check out my other blog, Dēor-hord, the medieval and modern bestiary!

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Yunus (Jonah) and the whale, from Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-tawarikh (The Collection of Histories). Iran (Tabriz), c. 1314. University of Edinburgh Special Collections, MS 20, f. 23v. [collections.ed.ac.uk]