mǣl, n.n: a measure; a mark, sign, cross, crucifix; fixed, suitable, appointed time, season, occasion; the time for eating, a meal. (MAL)
Category Archives: religion
nunne
nunne, f.n: a nun. (NUN-neh)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Augustine’s arrival in England. Read it on Patreon.
Burnet Psalter. England, 15th century. Aberdeen University Library, MS 25, f. 61r. [abdn.ac.uk]
regol
regol, m.n: a rule; pattern, standard, norm; a canon, prescript; the body of rules which guide a particular order of ecclesiastics. (REH-gol)
St Benedict handing his disciple St Maurus his Rule. Nîmes, 1129. British Library, Add MS 16979, f. 21v. [bl.uk]
cirio-mangung
cirio-mangung, f.n: church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony. (CHIR-ee-oh-MAHN-gung)
A bishop accused of simony by two fornicators. Miniature on a cutting from a leaf from Gratian’s Decretum (Causa VI), attributed to an artist of the Milemete group. 67 × 66 mm. England, c. 1320-1330. Apparently stolen: if you see (or have seen) it, please contact info@samfogg.com. [mssprovenance.blogspot.com]
gāst-cyning
gāst-cyning, m.n: a spirit-king, God. (GOST-KUH-ning)
hearga
hearga, m.n: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar; a temple, fane; an idol. (HAY-ar-ga)
Antiochus IV, crowned, with joined hands raised, kneels with two men, partially visible, before draped altar on which sits horned idol. Abrégé des histoires divines. France (possibly Amiens), between 1300 and 1310. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.751, f. 29v. [ica.themorgan.org]
Cristes bōc
Cristes bōc, f.n: Christ’s book, the gospel (an account of Jesus’s life and teachings). [KRIST-ess BOAK]
Lindisfarne Gospels, the beginning of St Matthew’s Gospel. England (Lindisfarne), late 7th or early 8th century. British Library, Cotton Nero D. IV, f. 27r. [bl.uk]
Eāster-sunnandæg
Eāster-sunnandæg, m.n: Easter Sunday. [EH-ah-ster-SUN-nan-dæγ]
Happy Easter!
crīstel-mǣl
crīstel-mǣl, n.n: a cross; the sign of the cross. [KREE-stell-MÆL]
A carpet page from the Lindisfarne Gospels. England (Northumberland), c. 710-715. British Library, Cotton MS. Nero D.IV, fol. 2v. [bl.uk]
sunn-feld
sunn-feld, m.n: Elysium (the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology; paradise). [SUN-feld]
