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eorþ-tilia

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Hana Videen

eorþ-tilia, m.n: farmer, tiller of the earth. (EH-orth-TIH-li-ah / ˈɛɔrθ-ˌtɪ-lɪ-a)

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sund-būend

Posted on November 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

sund-būend, m.n: a sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for humans or humankind. (SUND-BOO-end / ˈsʌnd-ˌbuːɛnd)

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lybbestre

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Hana Videen

lybbestre, f.n: witch, sorcerer. (LUEB-bes-truh / ˈlyb-bɛs-trə)

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wed-loga

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Hana Videen

wed-loga, m.n: one who is false to a pledge or engagement. (WED-LOG-ah / ˈwɛd-ˌlɔ-ga)

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scip-līðend

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Hana Videen

scip-līðend, m.n: one who goes in a ship. (SHIP-LEE-thend / ˈʃɪp-ˌliː-θɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of four people aboard a ship that they’ve anchored to the back of a giant fish-like creature.
Peraldus’ Theological Miscellany; England, 13th century; British Library, Harley MS 3244, f. 60v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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gæst

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Hana Videen

gæst, m.n: guest, visitor, stranger. (GAST / ˈgæst)

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gyden

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Hana Videen

gyden, f.n: goddess. (GUE-den / ˈgy-dɛn)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman wearing armour and a sword in the sky, casting down armour and a shield to soldiers below, who reach up to her; one soldier is putting on a mail shirt.
Minerva in Christine de Pizan’s L’Épître Othéa; France (Paris), c. 1410-1414; British Library, Harley MS 4431, f. 102v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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cōc

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Hana Videen

cōc, m.n: a cook. (COKE / ˈkoːk)

Medieval manuscript image of three men; one gestures towards an oddly small cow on the ground before them, one raises an ax above his head, and one tends a pot hanging beneath a chimney over a cook fire.
Bible moralisée; France (Paris), 1226-1275; Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 270B, f. 194r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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gēocend

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Hana Videen

gēocend, m.n: a preserver, saviour. (YAY-ock-end / ˈjeːɔ-kɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ stabbing a devil with his cross staff and grasping the hand of a naked man, who grasps the hand of the naked woman behind him, and so on, leading a whole line of people out of hell which is represented by a beast’s mouth.
Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1200; British Library, Arundel MS 157, f. 110r. [picryl.com]
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heofon-cyning

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

heofon-cyning, m.n: king of heaven (referring to God or Christ). (HEH-oh-von-KUE-ning / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌky-nɪŋ)

Medieval manuscript image of a white-haired God waving a left hand, holding a Latin scroll in the other, with a group of people caught in red flame descending from the heavens.
Biblia Sancti Martialis Lemovicensis altera. II; Latin, 11th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8 (2), f. 41r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
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