ge-segnian

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Hana Videen

ge-segnian, wk.v: to mark with the sign of the cross, to sign, bless. (yeh-SAIN-i-ahn / jɛ-ˈsɛj-nɪ-an)

ealh

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Hana Videen

ealh, m.n: temple. (EH-al’h / ˈɛalh)

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Medieval manuscript letter S, inside which is illustrated the presentation of Christ at the temple. — Gradual, Master of Bagnacavallo. Italy, c. 1278. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]

hēah-cyning

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Hana Videen

hēah-cyning, m.n: high-king, God. (HAY-ah-KUE-ning / ˈheːax-ˌky-niŋ)

Medieval manuscript image of a winged and haloed man speaking to three haloed women beside a tomb. — Psalter. France (Fécamp), c. 1180. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 F 13, f. 23r. [manuscripts.kb.nl]

wyn-bēam

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Hana Videen

wyn-bēam, m.n: a tree that causes delight (lit. ‘joy-tree’), an epithet of the cross. (WUN-BAY-ahm / ˈwɝn-ˌbeːam)

Medieval manuscript image of a Jesus on a cross with two men on crosses on either side of him. — Picture Bible. France (St Omer), c. 1190-1200. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 F 5, f. 20v. [manuscripts.kb.nl]

ge-palmtwīged

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Hana Videen

ge-palmtwīged, adj: palm-twigged, adorned with palm-twigs. (yeh-PALM-TWEE-yud / jɛ-ˈpalm-ˌtwiː-jəd)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man on a donkey and two men casting green leaves before him, one in a tower and one barefoot with a shirt in his hand. — Psalter & Hours. N France (Arras), c. 1300. British Library, Yates Thompson 15, f. 17v. [bl.uk]

sāwel-sceatt

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

sāwel-sceatt, m.n: ‘soul-money’, an ecclesiastical due to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them on his behalf. (SAH-well-SHEH-ot / ˈsaː-wɛl-ˌʃɛat)