oret-mæcg

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Hana Videen

oret-mæcg, m.n: a combatant, warrior, champion. (OR-et-MADGE / ˈɔ-rɛt-ˌmædʒ)

Medieval manuscript image of a rabbit standing on its hind legs waving a giant sword in one forepaw and holding a round shield in the other. — Vincent de Beauvais’s Speculum Historiale; N France (Saint-Omer), c. 1300; Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, 0130, t. II, f. 319v. [portail.biblissima.fr]

weard

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Hana Videen

weard, f.n: guard, watchman; guardian, protector. (WEH-ard / ˈwɛard)

trēow-loga

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Hana Videen

trēow-loga, m.n: one who fails to keep faith; one who fails in loyalty to their leader. (TRAY-oh-LOG-ah / ˈtreːɔw-ˌlɔ-ga)

wlæffetere

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Hana Videen

wlæffetere, m.n: a stammerer, one who speaks imperfectly. (W’LAFF-et-eh-ruh / ˈwlæf-fɛ-tɛ-rə)

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sīþ-berend

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Hana Videen

sīþ-berend, m.n: a scythe-bearer, a mower. (SEETH-BEH-rend / ˈsiːθ-ˌbɛ-rɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of three shirtless men wielding scythes, bordered by columns, leaves and a dragon head. — Shaftesbury Psalter calendar; England, 12th century; British Library, Lansdowne MS 383, f. 5v. [bl.uk]

wēsten-setla

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Hana Videen

wēsten-setla, m.n: wilderness-dweller, hermit, anchorite. (WAY-sten-SET-la / ˈweː-stɛn-ˌsɛt-la)

Medieval manuscript image of a man bringing a letter to a black-robed hermit in a cave; a tree and the hermit’s food vessels are nearby. — Smithfield Decretals; S France (Toulouse?), c. 1300-1340; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 136r. [bl.uk]

ǣr-fæder

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Hana Videen

ǣr-fæder, m.n: forefather. (AER-FADD-er / ˈæːr-ˌfæ-dɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of the Tree of Jesse, a schematic representation of Christ’s genealogy as a branching tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem. — Capuchin’s Bible, c. 1180; Bibliothèque nationale de France. [en.wikipedia.org]

sceaþa

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Hana Videen

sceaþa, m.n: one who does harm, a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy; a spoiler, robber; (with a favourable meaning) a warrior. (SHEH-ah-tha / ˈʃɛa-θa)

word-loga

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

word-loga, m.n: one who is false to their word. (WORD-LOG-ah / ˈwɔrd-ˌlɔ-ga)

iren-smiþ

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Hana Videen

iren-smiþ, m.n: blacksmith (‘iron-smith’). (IH-ren-SMITH / ˈɪ-rɛn-ˌsmɪθ)

Iron stand or standard, consisting of a straight shaft tapering from bottom to top; the lower end of the shaft terminates in a point flanked by two spirals, and at the upper end is a cruciform iron plate, the arms of which fold back upon themselves and terminate in simple inward-facing animal heads, now much disintegrated, with an oblong open-work iron grille with similar animal heads below. — Sutton Hoo Standard; England (Suffolk), early 7th century; British Museum 1939,1010.161. [britishmuseum.org]

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