healf-eald

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Hana Videen

healf-eald, adj: half-grown, of middle age. (HEY-alf-EH-ald)

gelm

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Hana Videen

gelm, m.n: a handful. (YELM)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on yelms, centaury, and ocular mistiness. Read it on Patreon.

St Augustine of Hippo and St Monica in a Book of Hours. Belgium (Tournai?), c. 1440. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.357, f. 194r. [ica.themorgan.org]

hwīlwend-līc

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Hana Videen

hwīlwend-līc, adj: temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal. (H’WEEL-wend-LEECH)

tæl-mearc

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

tæl-mearc, f.n: date (in context of time/calendars). (TAL-MEH-ark)

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post, see the most popular Old English words for 2019. Read it on Patreon.

Calendar page for January in Book of Hours. Northern France, 14th century. British Library, Add MS 36684, ff. 1v-2r. [blogs.bl.uk]

rīm

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

rīm, n.n: number; a sum or aggregate of units; a collection of persons or things; a reckoning or calculation. (REEM)

Compendium of computus and astronomical works. England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century. British Library, Egerton MS 3314, f. 73r. [bl.uk]

fela

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

fela, adj: many, much, very. (FELL-ah)

six

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

six, n/adj/numeral: six. (SIX / ˈsɪks)

Today the Old English Wordhord is 6 years old!

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