þerscold, m.n: a threshold. [THER-shold]
Category Archives: places
bēor-sele
bēor-sele, m.n: hall where (alcoholic) drink is served. (BAY-or-SEH-luh / ˈbeːɔr-ˌsɛ-lə)
winter-hūs
winter-hūs, n.n: a winter-house, house to live in in winter. [WIN-ter-HOOS]
irþ-land
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
sceand-hūs, m.n: a house of ill fame, a brothel. [SHEH-ond-HOOS]
wlite-scēawung
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
Cofan-trēo, n.n: place name, Coventry (in Warwickshire). [KO-vahn-TRAY-oh]
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]
