mearc

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Hana Videen

mearc, f.n: limit, term (of time); limit, boundary (of place). (MEH-ark)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on bloody battle birds. Read it on Patreon.

hearg-træf

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

hearg-træf, n.n: a heathen temple. (HAY-arg-TRAFF)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on hearg-træf and the hope of heathens. Read it on Patreon.

Beowulf Manuscript. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, f. 135v. [bl.uk]

wrāþ-scræf

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Hana Videen

wrāþ-scræf, n.n: an evil cave, a den. (WROTH-SHRAFF / ˈwraːθ-ˌʃræf)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the wande-weorpe (or mole). Read it on Patreon.

A dragon hides in his den from the panther. Bestiary. England (Lincoln? York?), c. 1185. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 21r. [ica.themorgan.org]

þerscold

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

þerscold, m.n: a threshold. (THERSH-old)

Illustration of Judges 19:27 in Picture Bible. France (Paris), c. 1244-1254. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 16r. [ica.themorgan.org]

wulf-hliþ

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

wulf-hliþ, n.n: a hill where the wolf has its den, retreat of wolves (lit. ‘wolf-slope’). (WULF-h’lith)

ūter-mere

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

ūter-mere, m.n: outer-sea, open sea. (OO-ter-MEH-reh)

St Omer Psalter. England (Norfolk), c. 1330-c. 1440. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 14, f. 70v. [bl.uk]

ūt-gang

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ūt-gang, m.n: a going out, exit, egress; a coming out from a position within a body; in reference to time, the going out of a period, the conclusion, end; a place by which anything comes out, an exit; what comes out of a body, an evacuation. (OOT-gahng)