bēor-sele

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

bēor-sele, m.n: hall where (alcoholic) drink is served. (BAY-or-SEH-luh / ˈbeːɔr-ˌsɛ-lə)

winter-hūs

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Hana Videen

winter-hūs, n.n: a winter-house, house to live in in winter. [WIN-ter-HOOS]

irþ-land

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Hana Videen

irþ-land, n.n: arable land. [IRTH-LOND]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Tubalcain, master of smith-craft. Read it on Patreon.

Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, by the Limbourg brothers. France, 1412-1416. Chantilly (France), Musée Condé, MS 65. R.M.N. / R.-G. Ojéda, Public Domain [commons.wikimedia.org]

sceand-hūs

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Hana Videen

sceand-hūs, m.n: a house of ill fame, a brothel. [SHEH-ond-HOOS]

wlite-scēawung

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Hana Videen

wlite-scēawung, f.n: a word used to translate ‘Zion’, the biblical place name. Literal meaning is ‘beauty-contemplation’ or ‘glory-contemplation’. [WLIT-eh-SHAY-ah-wung]

Cofan-trēo

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Hana Videen

Cofan-trēo, n.n: place name, Coventry (in Warwickshire). [KO-vahn-TRAY-oh]

wyrm-sele

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Hana Videen

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]