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sār-cwide

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Hana Videen

sār-cwide, m.n: a speech that is intended to give pain, injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words; a speech in which grief is expressed, a lament. (SAHR-KWIH-deh / ˈsaːɹ-ˌkwɪ-dɛ)

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andgit-fullīc

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Hana Videen

andgit-fullīc, adj: fully or clearly understood, intelligible. (AHND-yit-FULL-leech / ˈand-jɪt-ˌfʌl-liːt͡ʃ)

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bōc-hord

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

bōc-hord, n/m.n: library, repository for books. (BOAK-HORD / ˈboːk-ˌhɔɹd)

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Medieval manuscript image of a man with a halo writing in a book, with a cabinet of books behind him.
Codex Amiatinus. England, c. 700. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Amiatino 1. [wikipedia.org]
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wlisp

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Hana Videen

wlisp, adj: speaking inarticulately, lisping, stuttering, stammering. (W’LISP / ˈwlɪsp)

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swīgen

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Hana Videen

swīgen, f.n: silence, refraining from speech. (SWEE-yen / ˈswiː-jɛn)

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riht-andswaru

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

riht-andswaru, f.n: an answer that corrects, a reproof, rebuke. (RI’HT-OND-swah-ruh / ˈɹɪht-ˌand-swa-ɹʌ)

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sōþ-sagol

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

sōþ-sagol, adj: veracious, truthful. (SOATH-SAH-goll / ˈsoːθ-ˌsa-gɔl)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘sea over sea’. Read it on Patreon.

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tabule

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

tabule, m/f.n: table; tablet or table on which to inscribe; a board which is struck to give a signal. (ˈta-bʌ-lə)⁠

Zachariah writing on a tablet in the Benedictional of Æthelwold. England, 963-984. British Library, Add MS 49598, f. 92v.⁠ [blogs.bl.uk]

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bōc-cynn

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

bōc-cynn, n.n: a kind of book. (ˈbōk-ˌkᵫn)

Lindau Gospels. Switzerland (Abbey of St Gall), c. 880. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M. 1. [themorgan.org]
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fela-īdelsprǣce

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

fela-īdelsprǣce, adj: talking very idly. (ˌfe-lä-ˈē-del-ˌspra-che)

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