word-cwide, m.n: a saying, words; speech, language. (WORD-cwid-eh)
Category Archives: language + writing
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Cristes bōc
Cristes bōc, f.n: Christ’s book, the gospel (an account of Jesus’s life and teachings). [KRIST-ess BOAK]
Lindisfarne Gospels, the beginning of St Matthew’s Gospel. England (Lindisfarne), late 7th or early 8th century. British Library, Cotton Nero D. IV, f. 27r. [bl.uk]
mǣl
mǣl, f.n: a speech, talk, conversation. [MÆL]
Miniature cycle on the life and teachings of Raimundus Lullus. Northern France(?), 14th century. Karlsruhe, Badische LandesBibliothek, St Peter Perg. 92, f. 11v. [digital.blb-karlsruhe.de]
spell-bōc
spell-bōc, f.n: a book of homilies. [SPELL-BOK]
For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post, take a closer look at this Anglo-Saxon manuscript. Read my post on Patreon.
A much damaged folio from a book of Old English homilies, including the first series of Ælfric’s Catholic Homilies. England (south-east? south-west?), fourth quarter of the 10th century to first half of the 11th century. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C V, fol. 5v. [bl.uk]
ǣrend-spræc
ǣrend-spræc, f.n: a verbal message. [ÆR-end-SPRÆK]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on birds, riddles and cryptograms. Read it on Patreon.
spell
spell, n.n: a story, narrative, account, relation; an instructive talk, discourse, a philosophical argument; a saying, remark; speech, language of prose. [SPELL]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on “life-treasure”. Read it on Patreon.
meter-cræft
meter-cræft, m.n: the art of versification. [MEH-ter-CRÆFT]
gifu
gifu, f.n: a gift, grace, favour; the Anglo-Saxon rune /g/ (written ‘ᚷ’), the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is ‘gifu’ (a gift), so the rune not only stands for the letter g, but for ‘gifu’ (a gift). [YI-voo]
For the next 12 days, you’ll learn about different kinds of gifts in Old English.
A Christmas feast? Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 264. [Pinterest: Sarah Peverley]
singan
singan, str.v: to sing, recite, relate musically or in verse; to compose verse, narrate; to sing about, recite or compose a poem about something. [SING-ahn]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘the wonderful wave-roamer’. Read/hear it on Patreon.
