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fēondulf

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

fēondulf, m.n: a fiend, enemy, rascal, scoundrel. (FAY-ond-ulf / ˈfeːɔn-dʌlf)

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wēngeard-wealh

Posted on September 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

wēngeard-wealh, m.n: a labourer in a vineyard. (WAIN-yeh-ard-WEH-alh)

Psalter. England (Canterbury), 1155-1160. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.521r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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wīn-byrele

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

wīn-byrele, m.n: a vintner, wine merchant. (WEEN-BUH-rell-eh)

Luttrell Psalter. N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. London, British Library, Add MS 42130. [bl.uk]
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weorold-lǣce

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

weorold-lǣce, m.n: a physician for the body. (WEH-or-old-LATCH-eh)

An operation to repair a compound fracture of the skull. N. France (Amiens), 1st quarter of the 14th century. London, British Library, Sloane 1977, f. 2r. [blogs.bl.uk]

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Lindesfarnealanding

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

Lindesfarnealanding, m.n: a native of the isle of Lindisfarne. (LIN-dez-VAR-neh-ah-LAHND-ing / ˈlɪn-dɛz-ˌvaɹ-nɛa-ˌlan-dɪŋ)

Lindisfarne Gospels. England (monastery of Lindisfarne), c. 700-3rd quarter of the 10th century. London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV, f. 3r. [bl.uk]
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folc-cwēn

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

folc-cwēn, f.n: queen of a people. (FOLK-KWAIN)

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wil-gifa

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

wil-gifa, m.n: a giver of what is desirable, a giver of good. (WILL-YIH-va)

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ge-gada

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-gada, m.n: a fellow-traveller, a companion, associate. (yeh-GA-da)

Macclesfield Psalter. England (Norwich?), c. 1330-1340. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, f. 53r. [essexvoicespast.com]
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brȳd

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

brȳd, f.n: a bride, a woman about to be married or newly married, a wife, spouse, woman. (BRUD)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘Staying Out Of Hell For Dummies’. Read it on Patreon.

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slecg-wyrhta

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

slecg-wyrhta, m.n: one who works with a hammer, a worker in metals. (SLEDG-WUR-h’ta)

Roman de toute chevalerie, by Eustache or Thomas de Kent. England, 1308-1312. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Fr. 24364, f. 61r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

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