Lindesfarnealanding

Lindesfarnealanding, m.n: a native of the isle of Lindisfarne. (LIN-dez-VAR-neh-ah-LAHND-ing / ˈlɪn-dɛz-ˌvaɹ-nɛa-ˌlan-dɪŋ)

þǣr-ymbūtan

þǣr-ymbūtan, adv: thereabouts. (THAR-um-BOO-tahn)

strēam-weall, m.n: a shore. (STRAY-ahm-WEH-all)

flet, n.n: the ground, floor of a house; a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall. (FLET)

fen-friþu, f.n: fen-refuge, wetland-asylum. (FEN-FRITH-uh)

ciric-tūn, m.n: a church enclosure, churchyard, cemetery. (CHIR-itch-TOON)

gehæg-holt, m/n.n: definition uncertain, possibly a copse in an enclosure or a copse where there is pasture. (yeh-HÆ-holt)

mǣdwe-land, n.n: meadow-land, land where grass that is to be mown grows. (MAD-weh-lond)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about a rich man, a saint, and a stubborn bull. Read it on Patreon.

hearh-eard, m.n: a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling. (HAY-ar’h-AY-ard)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘plant-towns’. Read it on Patreon.

lēac-tūn, m.n: herb garden, kitchen garden. (LAY-ock-TOON / ˈleːak-ˌtuːn)