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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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smeoru-mangestre

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

smeoru-mangestre, f.n: a butter-woman, woman who deals in butter and cheese. (SMAY-oh-ruh-MAHN-yez-treh)

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m969.253ra

Marginalia in a bible. Northeast France, last quarter of the 13th century. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.969, f. 253r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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scīn-lǣce

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

scīn-lǣce, f.n: a woman who practises magic, a sorceress. (SHEEN-LATCH-eh)

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mǣg

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

mǣg, m.n: a relative, kinsman. Also, f.n: a woman, kinswoman. (MA-γ)

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ǣ-swīca

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

ǣ-swīca, m.n: an offender of the law, a deceiver, hypocrite, apostate. (AA-zwee-ka)

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land-būend

Posted on October 1, 2018 by Hana Videen

land-būend, m.n: a cultivator of the land, husbandman; an inhabitant of a country, a native, a dweller on earth. (LOND-boo-end) 

Medieval agriculture, Luttrell Psalter

Luttrell Psalter. N. England, 1325-1335. British Library, Add. MS 42130, f. 171r. [bl.uk]

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