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lufiend

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

lufiend, m.n: a lover. (LUH-vi-end / ˈlʌ-vɪ-ɛnd)

lovers
Image from the Walters Museum: Walters Museum MS W.166, f.16r. Flemish, ca. 1425-30. Read more about the manuscript here.

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gūþ-weard

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

gūþ-weard, m.n: a war-guard, king. (GOOTH-WEH-ard / ˈguːθ-ˌwɛaɹd)

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hund-wealh

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

hund-wealh, m.n: a servant to attend to dogs. (HUND-WEH-al’h / ˈhʌnd-ˌwɛalh)

hound
British Library blog: Detail of a miniature of King Garamantes, being rescued by his dogs; from the Rochester Bestiary, England (Rochester?), c. 1230, Royal MS 12 F. xiii, f. 30v.
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here-toga

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Hana Videen

here-toga, m.n: the leader of an army or of a people, a general. (HEH-ruh-TOG-ah / ˈhɛ-ɹə-ˌtɔ-ga)

Alexander-slays-more-dragons
Le livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre (c. 1420-1425). British Library.
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smiþ

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Hana Videen

smiþ, m.n: a smith, a worker in metals or in wood. (SMITH / ˈsmɪθ)

smith
A blacksmith at work in British Library, Harley 6563, f. 68v.
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hūs-bōnda

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Hana Videen

hūs-bōnda, m.n: master of a house. (HOOZ-BOAN-dah / ˈhuːz-ˌboːn-da)

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iung-ling

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Hana Videen

iung-ling, m.n: a youth, ‘young-ling’. (YOUNG-ling / ˈjʌŋ-lɪŋ)

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hlāford-swica

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

hlāford-swica, m.n: a betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord. (HLAH-vord-ZWICK-ah / ˈhlaː-vɔɹd-ˌzwɪ-ka)

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wiht-ware

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Hana Videen

wiht-ware, m.n: the people of the Isle of Wight. (WI’HT-WA-ruh / ˈwɪht-ˌwa-ɹə)

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stēor-mann

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Hana Videen

stēor-mann, m.n: a steersman, pilot, captain. (STAY-or-MAHN / ˈsteːɔɹ-ˌman)

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