wer-genga, m.n: stranger who seeks protection in the land to which they have come. (WER-GENG-ga / ˈwɛr-ˌgɛŋ-ga)
Category Archives: people
wine-mǣg
wine-mǣg, m.n: a loving kinsman. [WIN-eh-MÆγ]
frowe
frowe, f.n: a lady. [FRO-weh]
Several of you asked if sele and “cellar” were related, so I made it the subject of this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post. Read it on Patreon.
gum-þegn
gum-þegn, m.n: a man. [GUM-THAYN]
hī-gedryht
hī-gedryht, f.n: a band of household retainers. [HEE-yeh-DRIHT]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on swān-steorra, the evening star, and its peculiar name. Read it on Patreon.
līðend
līðend, m.n: a traveller, sailor. [LEE-thend]
A siren pulls a sailor from a boat by the hair, while another sailor stops his ears to avoid hearing the siren’s song, with a centaur holding a bow below. Hugh of Fouilloy’s Aviarum/Bestiary. N. France, 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century. British Library, Sloane 278, f. 47r. [bl.uk]
sceand
sceand, m.n: an infamous person, a buffoon, charlatan. (SHEH-ond / ˈʃɛand)
ǣfen-scēop
ǣfen-scēop, m.n: an evening bard. [Æ-ven-SHAY-op]
wyrt-gælstre
wyrt-gælstre, f.n: woman who uses herbs for charms. (WUERT-GAL-struh / ˈwyrt-ˌgæl-strə)
drȳ
drȳ, m.n: magician, sorcerer, soothsayer. (DRUE / dryː)
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