Cofan-trēo, n.n: place name, Coventry (in Warwickshire). [KO-vahn-TRAY-oh]
Category Archives: Places
wyrm-sele
wyrm-sele, m.n: a serpent-hall, a place where there are serpents (hell). [WURM-SELL-eh]
Le Livre des Meditacions monseigneur saint Bernard (1474). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 916, f. 13r. [demonagerie.tumblr.com]
leger-stōw
leger-stōw, f.n: a burial-place, cemetery. [LAY-er-STOH]
Burial. British Library, MS Harley 5762, f. 116. [bl.uk]
Grēna-wīc
Grēna-wīc, n.n: a place name, Greenwich (near London); lit. ‘green dwelling-place’. [GRAY-na-weech]
mist-hliþ
mist-hliþ, n.n: a mist-covered hill-side. [MIST-HLITH]
cū-bȳre
cū-bȳre, m.n: a cow-byre, cow-shed. [KOO-BUR-eh]
sǣ-næss
sǣ-næss, m.n: a ness or promontory stretching into the sea, a cape. [SÆ-NÆSS]
hwæl-weg
hwæl-weg, m.n: the path of the whale, the ocean. (“hwæl- way”)
Bestiary from northern France, 13th century. British Library, Sloane MS 3544, f. 42v. [bl.uk]
hwæles ēðel
hwæles ēðel (kenning): whale’s home, i.e. the sea. (“HWÆL-ess AY-thell”)
Yunus (Jonah) and the whale, from Rashid al-Din’s Jami al-tawarikh (The Collection of Histories). Iran (Tabriz), c. 1314. University of Edinburgh Special Collections, MS 20, f. 23v. [collections.ed.ac.uk]
wæfer-stōw
wæfer-stōw, f.n: a place for spectacles, an amphitheatre. (“WÆ-vair-stoh”)
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