gærs-tūn

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

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

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)

windel-stān

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

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

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]

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]

wind-gerest

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

wind-gerest, f.n: a windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?). (WIND-yeh-REST)

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scēawung-stōw

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

scēawung-stōw, f.n: a place of observation. (SHAY-ah-wung-STOH)

gemōt-stede

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

gemōt-stede, m.n: a meeting-place. (yeh-MOAT-sted-eh)

setl-gang

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

setl-gang, m.n: setting of the heavenly bodies (generally of the sun), marking time (sunset) or place (the west). (SEH-til-GONG)

scēat

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

scēat, m.n: a corner, an angle; a corner, quarter; a projection, promontory; a nook, corner, region; a lap, bosom; a bay; a garment; a cloth, napkin. (SHAY-aht)