gum-þegn, m.n: a man. [GUM-THAYN]
Category Archives: people
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)
ambyht-secg
ambyht-secg, m.n: an official man, a messenger, ambassador. [AHM-buht-SEDGE]
nāwiht-fremmend
nāwiht-fremmend, m.n: one who does evil. [NAH-wiht-FREM-mend]
cēasega
cēasega, m.n: a chooser. (CHAY-ah-zeh-ga / ˈtʃeːa-zɛ-ga)
