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hord-ern

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

hord-ern, n.n: a storehouse, storeroom, treasury. (HORD-ern / ˈhɔrd-ɛrn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the poem The Ruin. Read it on Patreon.

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bisceop-hām

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

bisceop-hām, m.n: episcopal demesne or property. (BISH-op-HAWM / ˈbɪ-ʃɛɔp-ˌhaːm)

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scūr-beorh

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-beorh, f.n: a shelter against storm. (SHOOR-BEH-or’h / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɛɔrx)

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cyne-hām

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

cyne-hām, m.n: royal dwelling, palace. (KUE-nuh-HAHM / ˈky-nə-ˌhaːm)

Medieval manuscript image of a castle with crenellated towers and surrounding wall, drawn in black ink with decorative highlights in pink, blue, green and gold.
From a map by Matthew Paris; England (St Albans), 1250s; British Library, Royal MS 14 C VII, f. 2r. [bl.uk]
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nēo-bedd

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Hana Videen

nēo-bedd, n.n: a bed for a corpse. (NAY-oh-BED / ˈneːɔ-ˌbɛd)

Medieval manuscript image of a well-dressed dead woman reclined on a sarcophagus; a grave is visible beneath the sarcophagus in which lies a grinning shrouded skeleton being consumed by insects and worms.
Carthusian Miscellany; N England, 15th century; British Library, Add MS 37049, f. 32v. [bl.uk]
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sand-hof

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Hana Videen

sand-hof, n.n: grave (‘sand-house’). (SAHND-HOFF / ˈsand-ˌhɔf)

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morþor-hūs

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

morþor-hūs, n.n: ‘murder-house’, house of torment, hell. (MOR-thor-HOOS / ˈmɔr-θɔr-ˌhuːs)

Medieval manuscript image of three hairy, winged demons carrying and tormenting two humans; a dragon-like creature bites the shoulder of one of the humans, and the other human holds a giant key; horns and even the heads of other monstrous creatures protrude from the demons’ bodies.
Winchester Psalter; England (Winchester), 12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Nero C IV, f. 38r. [bl.uk]

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īg

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

īg, f.n: island. (EE / ˈiːj)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man holding a book and sleeping on an island; a ship drops its anchor nearby, a white bird perches on a rock, and an angel comes down from the clouds with a scroll.
The Cloisters Apocalypse; France (Normandy), c. 1330; Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, MS 68.174, f. 3r. [metmuseum.org]
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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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