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rima

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Hana Videen

rima, m.n: a rim, border, bank, coast. (RIM-ah)

Beautiful border in a Book of Hours. France (Paris), 1406-1407. British Library, Additional 29433, f. 192v. [bl.uk]
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wang-turf

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

wang-turf, f.n: turf, grassland. (WAHNG-turf)

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slōh

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Hana Videen

slōh, m.n: a slough, a pathless and miry place. (SLOH)

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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.

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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]

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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]

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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]
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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)

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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]
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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)

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