bōc-cist

bōc-cist, f.n: a repository for books, either for reading or for sale. (BOAK-CHIST / ˈboːk-ˌtʃɪst)

Look for The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English at your local bōc-cist – it’s out in the US & Canada today! Find out more.

A book, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, by Hana Videen, against a background of woven textiles. The cover background is white with a gold and red border with decorative gold dots. The title and author’s name are written inside an arched window shape, with a border of Old English words surrounding it: wæfre-gange, gafol-fisc, hring-finger, on-lucan, cwen, æg, dust, beo-gang, lig-draca, wyrd, dream-cræft, hærfest, and druncen-georn. The area surrounding the Old English word border has wood-cut style illustrations in red and gold, each in its own compartment but overlapping slightly: a spider, a fish, the letter h in a calligraphic style, a hand with a ring, a key, a woman carrying a basket of eggs, a bee, a dragon, an ink pot and quill with scroll of paper, a man playing a harp, a bundle of wheat, and a goblet. — Published in the UK by Profile Books on 11 November 2021. Published in the US and Canada by Princeton University Press today.

heofon-timber

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

heofon-timber, n.n: structure of heaven, firmament. (HEH-oh-von-TIM-ber / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌtɪm-bɛr)

sūsl-hof

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Hana Videen

sūsl-hof, n.n: place of torment, hell. (SOO-zull-HOFF / ˈsuː-zəl-ˌhɔf)

Medieval manuscript image of a giant haloed man reaching down into the gaping mouth of a monster and pulling people out of it; the giant man stands upon a demonic creature, and a two-legged dragon stands in the foreground. — Harrowing of Hell in Tiberius Psalter; England (Winchester), 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, f. 14r. [bl.uk]

leornung-hūs

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

leornung-hūs, n.n: school (‘learning-house’). (LEH-or-nung-HOOS / ˈlɛɔr-nʌŋ-ˌhuːs)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on an unfunny journey. Read it and hear it on Patreon.

stōw

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Hana Videen

stōw, f.n: place, location. (STOH / ˈstoːw)

Medieval manuscript page divided into two columns that contain a series of illustrations of buildings and geographical landmarks with labels, with a road connecting one to the next. — Section of an illustrated itinerary to Jerusalem, from London to Beauvais; England (St Albans), 1250s; British Library, Royal MS 14 C VII, f. 2r. [bl.uk]

lind-hrycg

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Hana Videen

lind-hrycg, m.n: ridge on which lime-trees grow. (LIND-HRUDGE / ˈlɪnd-ˌhrydʒ)

mān-hūs

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

mān-hūs, n.n: a house of wickedness, hell. (MAHN-HOOS / ˈmaːn-ˌhuːs)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on deceitful fame. This post is free for non-patrons to read, so check it out on Patreon.

munt

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Hana Videen

munt, m.n: mount, hill, mountain. (MUNT / ˈmʌnt)

Medieval manuscript image of two finely clothed men following a large group of naked men to a rocky mountain. — Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia; S Italy (Naples), c. 1370; British Library, Add MS 19587, f. 63r. [bl.uk]

pearroc

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Hana Videen

pearroc, m.n: an enclosure. (PEH-ar-rock / ˈpɛar-rɔk)

Medieval manuscript image of a white-wimpled woman looking out a window from an enclosed cell with a cross; a man with a bishop’s mitre and crozier stands outside. — Pontificale; England (probably London), c. 1400-c. 1410; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 79, f. 96r. [parker.stanford.edu]

heofon

Posted on November 29, 2021 by Hana Videen

heofon, m.n: the firmament, the sky; heaven, the abode of God, his angels, and holy people after death, imagined as high above the earth; the power or majesty of heaven or God. (HEH-oh-von / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn)

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