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wicca

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Hana Videen

wicca, m.n: a wizard, soothsayer, sorcerer, magician. (WITCH-ah / ˈwɪ-tʃa)

Wace, Roman de Brut. England, 2nd quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Egerton MS 3028, f. 24r. [britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk]
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brim-wīsa

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Hana Videen

brim-wīsa, m.n: sea captain, sea leader, leader of sailors. (BRIM-WEE-za / ˈbɹɪm-ˌwiː-za)

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dūru-weard

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Hana Videen

dūru-weard, m.n: a door-keeper. (DOO-ruh-WEH-ard / ˈduː-rʌ-ˌwɛard)

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gedwola

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Hana Videen

gedwola, m.n: error, madness, heresy; a heretic. (yeh-DWOLL-ah / jɛ-ˈdwɔ-la)

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līcþrowere

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Hana Videen

līcþrowere, m.n: a leper. (LEECH-THRO-weh-ruh / ˈliːtʃ-ˌθɹɔ-wɛ-ɹə)

A leper in the margin of a 14th-century manuscript.
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lytling

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Hana Videen

lytling, m.n: a little one, a young person, a child. (LUT-ling / ˈlɝt-lɪŋ)

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ēorodman

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Hana Videen

ēorodman, m.n: a horseman. (AY-oh-rod-MAHN / ˈeːɔ-ɹɔd-ˌman)

Harold hunting on the Bayeux Tapestry.
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godsprec

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Hana Videen

godsprec, n.n: an oracle. (GOD-SPRETCH / ˈgɔd-ˌspɹɛtʃ)

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wyrd-writere

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Hana Videen

wyrd-writere, m.n: one who writes an account of events, historian, historiographer. (WUERD-WRI-teh-ruh / ˈwyrd-ˌwrɪ-tɛ-rə)

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hālga

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Hana Videen

hālga, m.n: saint. (HALL-ga / ˈhaːl-ga)

Happy St Patrick’s Day — wear medieval blue today!

The earliest known image of Saint Patrick, from a 13th-century manuscript. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. [huntington.org]
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