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wæfer-gange

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Hana Videen

wæfer-gange, f.n: a spider (lit. walker-weaver). (“wa-ver-gong-eh”)

See the new spider post on Dēor-hord, a medieval and modern bestiary!

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A six-legged spider spins a web. Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, fol. 130r. [manuscripts.kb.nl]

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illustration by James Merry

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bān-fæt

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Hana Videen

bān-fæt, n.n: the bone vessel, the body. (“bahn-vat”)

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dæg-candel

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Hana Videen

dæg-candel, f.n: day-candle, i.e. the sun. (“da-y-kahn-dell”)

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The Creation of the Sun and the Moon (detail), Master of Jean de Mandeville, in Historical Bible (Bible historiale; original sources in Latin). Paris, c. 1360–70. The J. Paul Getty Museum. MS. 1, vol. 1, fol. 5.

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lind-plega

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Hana Videen

lind-plega, m.n: shield-play, battle. (“leend-pleh-ga”)

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grēot-hord

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

grēot-hord, n.n: a repository of earth, i.e. the body. Occurs only 1x (Guthlac B).

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friðo-webba

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Hana Videen

friðo-webba, m.n: a peace-weaver, an angel.

51v women at the tomb

Image: British Library, Add. MS 49598, f. 51v: Full-page miniature of the Three Marys at the Tomb, preceding the benediction for Easter Sunday. The manuscript is the Benedictional of St Æthelwold, written by the scribe Godeman for St Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester from 963-984.

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brim-lād

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

brim-lād, f.n: the path of the sea, sea-way.

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Image from Manuscript Road Trip blog post: The beast of the sea encounters the dragon. From the Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse. France, ca. 1295. Detroit Institute of Arts, Acc. 1983.20A, verso.

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hēafod-gim

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

hēafod-gim, m.n: jewel of the head, i.e. the eye.

Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye, with parts of the head.

Diagram of the seven tunics and three humours of the eye, with parts of the head. 

Image: Illustration from a medical miscellany that includes the ‘book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets’; British Library, MS Sloane 981 (fol. 68r). England; last quarter of the 14th or first quarter of the 15th century.

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sǣwudu

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Hana Videen

sǣwudu, m.n: a ship; literally, ‘sea-wood’.

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Noah’s Ark image from Coquinaria. If anyone knows more about it, please comment below.

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segl-rād

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Hana Videen

segl-rād, f.n: the sail-road, the sea.

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