endleofan, n/adj/numeral: 11. (END-lay-ov-on)
Endleofan and the demogorgon from the medieval epic ‘Stranger þings’. Variation on the Welles Apocalypse, c. 1310. British Library, Royal MS. 15 D.ii, f. 156r. See the original on the British Library website.
sulh, n/f.n: a plough; the quantity of land which could be cultivated with one plough. (SULH)
ge-neahhe, adv: enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly. (yeh-NAY-ah-heh)
lytel, adj: little. (LUT-ell)
ofer-mǣte, adj: beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, immense. (OH-ver-MAT-eh)
met-cund, adj: metrical. (MET-KUND)
hundtwentig-wintre, adj: 120 years old (lit. 120 winters). [HUND-TWEN-teeγ-WIN-treh]
winter-gerīm, n.n: numbering by years; a number of years. [WIN-ter-yeh-REEM]
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winter-getæl, n.n: a number of years. [WIN-ter-yuh-TÆL]
heolor-bledu, f.n: the scale of a balance. (“HEH-oh-lor-BLAY-doo”)
Libra as a man holding balancing scales in a 13th-century Psalter. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.4, f. v recto. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]
