ǣrend-raca

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

mid-singend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sund-būend, m.n: a sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind. (SUND-BOO-end)

gāst-berend, m.n: a spirit-bearer, soul-bearer, living person, man. (GAHST-beh-rend)

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scip-wyrhta, m.n: a shipwright, builder of ships. (SHIP-WUER-h’ta / ˈʃɪp-ˌwyrx-ta)