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munt-land

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Hana Videen

munt-land, n.n: hilly country. (MUNT-LAHND / ˈmʌnt-ˌland)

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ge-byhþ

Posted on July 26, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-byhþ, f.n: dwelling, abode. (yeh-BUE’HTH / jɛ-ˈbyxθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a person standing inside a building that has four columns, two of which are draped with ceiling-to-floor curtains, and a door that looks too small for the person.
Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 27v. [bl.uk]
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Eofor-wīc

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Hana Videen

Eofor-wīc, n.n: York. (EH-ov-or-WEECH / ˈɛɔ-vɔr-ˌwiːtʃ)

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bell-hūs

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Hana Videen

bell-hūs, n.n: bell tower, belfry. (BELL-HOOS / ˈbɛl-ˌhuːs)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three tonsured priests standing with a bishop, wearing a mitre, who gestures to a church with two bells in the belfry.
Missal; England (Cambridge?), c. 1320; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.107, f. 216r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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palent

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

palent, m/f.n: a palace. (PA-lent / ˈpa-lɛnt)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three tall, colourful turrets with crenellations and flags; below there is a sailboat on water filled with aquatic life, and also a group of bearded men conversing.
Breviculum of Thomas Le Myésier on Ramon Llull; France (Arras), early 14th century; Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, St. Peter perg. 92, f. 9v. [digital.blb-karlsruhe.de]
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wīc-sele

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

wīc-sele, m.n: a hall of a settlement. (WEECH-SEH-luh / ˈwiːtʃ-ˌsɛ-lə)

Learn more about this previously unidentified word from Old English Poetry in Facsimile / Digital Mappa. (It’s not every day a ‘new’ old word is added to the dictionary!)

Read the Twitter thread on wīc-sele here.

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bōc-cist

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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.

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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)

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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]
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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.

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