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ort-geard

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ort-geard, m.n: orchard. (ORT-YEH-ard / ˈɔrt-ˌjɛard)

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mearc-land

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

mearc-land, n.n: a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated; a district, country, territory. (MAY-ark-lond)

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bryten-grund

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

bryten-grund, m.n: spacious land, broad earth. (BRUH-ten-GRUND)

Pliny the Elder’s Historia naturalis. Italy (Rome), c. 1457-1458. London, British Library, MS Harley 2677, f. 1. [bl.uk]

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lǣce-hūs

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

lǣce-hūs, n.n: a hospital, building where the sick or injured are cared for. (LATCH-eh-HOOS)

James le Palmer’s Omne Bonum. England (London), c. 1360-c. 1375. London, British Library, Royal 6 E VI, f. 70. [medievalists.net]
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scōm-hylt

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

scōm-hylt, f.n: a shady wood, thicket, shrubbery. (SHOAM-hult)

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gærs-tūn

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

gærs-tūn, m.n: a grass-enclosure, a meadow. (GARZ-TOON)

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hearm-beorg

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

hearm-beorg, m.n: a hill of calamity or of affliction. (HAY-arm-BAY-org)

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windel-stān

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

windel-stān, m.n: a tower with a winding staircase. (WIN-del-STAHN)

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hell-grund

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

hell-grund, m.n: the depth of hell. (HELL-grund)

The Harrowing of Hell in the Winchester Psalter. England (Winchester), 12th-13th century. British Library, Cotton MS Nero C IV, f. 24r. [bl.uk]
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cyric

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

cyric, f.n: a church. (KUR-ich)

Rabbit tolling church bells, from a marginal cycle of images of the funeral of Renard the Fox. Hours of Jesus Crucified. England, c. 1300. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Walters MS W.102, fol. 81r. [thedigitalwalters.org]

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