mere-menen, f.n: a siren. (MEH-reh-MEN-en)
mere-menen
Category Archives: monsters
aldor-bana
aldor-bana, m.n: a destroyer of life. (AL-dor-BA-na)
niht-genga
niht-genga, m.n: a creature that goes at night, a goblin, evil spirit. (NI-h’t-YEN-ga)
ellen-gǣst
gāst-genīþla
gāst-genīþla, m.n: a persecutor or foe of souls, the devil. (GAHST-yeh-NEETH-la)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Old English professions and surnames. Read it on Patreon.
nīþ-gæst
nīþ-gæst, m.n: a malicious, malignant demon / stranger / guest / foe). [NEETH-gast]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about peace-candles. Read it on Patreon.
The Virgin Mary beats up a devil; an angel carrying a rescued soul observes. The Taymouth Hours. England (London?), 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f. 155v. [bl.uk]
līg-draca
līg-draca, m.n: a fire-drake, dragon vomiting flames. (“LEE-DRAH-kah”)
It’s St George’s Day. I couldn’t find a medieval George fighting a fire-breathing dragon, so I’ve included a bonus image.
A miniature of George killing the dragon in the Legenda Aurea. Paris, 1382. British Library, MS Royal 19 B XVII, f. 109r. [blogs.bl.uk]
Dragon in Peraldus’s Theological Miscellany. England, 3rd quarter of the 13th century. British Library, MS Harley 3244, f. 59r. [bl.uk]
eges-grime
eges-grime, n: (fem.) a witch, sorceress; (masc.) a horrible mask, a creature that has assumed a horrible form, a spectre. (“ay-yes-gree-meh”)
Happy Halloween!
draca
draca, m.n: a dragon; a serpent (can sometimes indicate the devil). (“drah-kah”)
Dragon and lion in the Macclesfield Psalter at The Fitzwilliam Museum. England (East Anglia), c. 1330.
mōr-stapa
mōr-stapa, m.n: moor-stepper, traverser of the moors. (“mohr-stah-pah”)
Image of Grendel found here; artist unknown.
