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magu-þegn

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

magu-þegn, m.n: a thane, vassal, follower, retainer, warrior, servant. (MA-guh-THAYN)

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byrle

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

byrle, m.n: one who pours out drink, cup-bearer. (BUR-leh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is Riding sea-horses to heaven. Read it on Patreon.

Codex Manesse. Zurich, 1300-1340. Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, f. 205r. [digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de]
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bæcestre

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Hana Videen

bæcestre, f.n: a baker; (specifically) female baker. (BACK-es-truh / ˈbæ-kɛs-trə)

Detail of bread baking in a psalter. Belgium, mid-1200s. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. 14, f. 8v. [blogs.getty.edu]
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flītere

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

flītere, m.n: contentious person, disputer. (FLEET-eh-reh)

Henry II and Thomas Becket argue in an Old French and Latin manuscript. N. England, c. 1307-c. 1327. London, British Library, Royal MS 20 A II, f. 7v. [bl.uk]
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port-cwēn

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

port-cwēn, f.n: a prostitute. (PORT-KWAIN)

The ex-prostitute St Mary Magdalene in a book of hours. England (southeast? London?),
2nd quarter of the 14th century. London, British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f. 87r. [bl.uk]

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ofer-genga

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

ofer-genga, m.n: one who goes over or beyond, a traveller. (OH-ver-GENG-ga / ˌɔ-vɛr-ˈgɛŋ-ga)

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ealo-wōsa

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Hana Videen

ealo-wōsa, m.n: drunkard, swiller of ale. (AY-ah-lo-WO-za)

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cyning

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

cyning, m.n: a king, monarch, male sovereign; God, Christ. (KUE-ning / ˈky-nɪŋ)

Breviary from England (Norwich), between 1322 and 1325. British Library, Stowe MS 12, f. 16v. [bl.uk]
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ǣrend-raca

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

ǣrend-raca, m.n: a messenger, ambassador; an apostle, angel. (AR-end-RA-ka)

James le Palmer’s Omne Bonum. England (London), c. 1360-c. 1375. British Library, Royal MS 6 E VI, f. 8r. [bl.uk]
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mid-singend

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

mid-singend, m.n: one who sings with another. (mid-SING-end)

Monks singing the office in the Olivetan Gradual. Italy (Lombardy), c. 1439-1447. Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 1184.
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