lēoþ-wyrhta

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

lēoþ-wyrhta, m.n: poet. (LAY-oth-WUER’H-ta / ˈleːɔθ-ˌwyrx-ta)

secg

Posted on August 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

secg, m/f.n: man, warrior; the sea; sword. (SEDG / ˈsɛdʒ)

nunne

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

nunne, f.n: nun. (NUN-nuh / ˈnʌn-nə)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on eye-doors and window-wimpling. Read it on Patreon.

Image of a nun kneeling in the corner of a decorative initial in a medieval manuscript; she wears a black habit and veil and reads from a book held open in her hands. — Psalter associated with Laycock nunnery; England (Oxford), c. 1260; Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 114, f. 148r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

munuc

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

munuc, m.n: monk. (MUH-nuck / ˈmʌ-nʌk)

Medieval manuscript image of two tonsured monks standing side by side, each framed in a rounded-arch window, each with their head tilted to the left and their hands raised palms out before them. — Bamberg Schreiberbild; Germany (Bamberg), c. 1150; Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Msc. Patr. 5, f. 1r. [nbn-resolving.org]

ēam

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Hana Videen

ēam, m.n: uncle (mainly on the mother’s side). (AY-ahm / ˈeːam)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on uncles and aunts. Read it on Patreon.

tān-hlyta

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

tān-hlyta, m.n: one who divines by casting lots. (TAHN-H’LUE-ta / ˈtaːn-ˌhly-ta)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘getawa of the trade’, and because it’s post number 300, it’s free for everyone to read. Read it on Patreon.

gafol-swān

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

gafol-swān, m.n: tax-paying swineherd, someone who rents a herd of swine on condition of paying a certain number of swine (butchered) as rent. (GA-voll-SWAN / ˈga-vɔl-ˌswaːn)

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

huntigestre

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Hana Videen

huntigestre, f.n: huntress. (HUN-ti-yes-truh / ˈhʌn-tɪ-jɛs-trə)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on dark clouds. Read it on Patreon.

Medieval manuscript image of a woman in a long purple gown shooting an arrow from a bow towards a large rabbit. — Taymouth Hours; England (London?), 14th century; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13, f. 68v. [bl.uk]

ǣwisc-fireniend

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Hana Videen

ǣwisc-fireniend, m.n: gloss for Latin ‘publicanus’ (publican, tax-collector), literally ‘one who commits shameful sin, shameless sinner’. (AE-wish-FIR-eh-ni-yend / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌfɪ-rɛ-nɪ-ɛnd)

webbestre

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

webbestre, f.n: weaver; (specifically) female weaver. (WEB-bes-truh / ˈwɛb-bɛs-trə)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed, veiled woman sitting at a loom behind partially woven blue cloth that matches her dress; her hands hold four cards through which the warp threads pass, and to her right is a beater amid the warp threads. — Virgin Mary in Book of Hours; France (Paris), 1430-5; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.359, f. 26v. [ica.themorgan.org]