on-gang

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Hana Videen

on-gang, m.n: an entrance; an attack, going with violence; worship. (ON-GONG / ˈɔn-ˌgaŋ)

hearg-træf

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

hearg-træf, n.n: a heathen temple. (HAY-arg-TRAFF)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on hearg-træf and the hope of heathens. Read it on Patreon.

Beowulf Manuscript. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XV, f. 135v. [bl.uk]

hyht-gyfa

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

hyht-gyfa, m.n: hope-giver, joy-giver (epithet for Christ). (HIH-h’t-YIV-ah)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is a Christmas reading. Listen on Patreon.

Merry Christmas! Blīþe Crīstes-mæsse!

Boulogne Gospels. N France (Saint-Bertin), 10th century. Boulogne-sur-mer, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 11, f. 12r. [blogs.bl.uk]

ealdor-apostol

Posted on December 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

ealdor-apostol, m.n: chief or prince of the apostles (traditional epithet for St Peter). (AY-ALL-dor-AH-poss-toll)

St Peter with a monk at his feet. Ælfwine’s Prayerbook. England (New Minster, Winchester), 1020s. British Library, Cotton MS Titus D XXVI, f. 19v. [blogs.bl.uk]

hālgung

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

hālgung, f.n: hallowing, consecration, sanctification. (HALL-gung)

regol-līf

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

regol-līf, m.n: a life according to ecclesiastical rules. (REH-gol-LEEF)

*Estoire del Sant Graal*. N France (Saint-Omer or Tournai?), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Royal 14 E III, f. 6v. [bl.uk]

hearh

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

hearh, f.n: a temple, an idol. (HEH-ar’h)

sōþ-fæder

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

sōþ-fæder, m.n: the father of truth or justice, God. (SOATH-FAD-er)

The Creation of the World in the Stannheim Missal. Germany (Hildesheim), probably 1170s. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS 64 (97.MG.21), f. 10v. [getty.edu]

smēaþ

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

smēaþ, f.n: meditation. (SMAY-ath)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is the LeechMD Guide to Elf Enchantments. Read it on Patreon.

Meditations of St Anselm. England, 12th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 2. 6. [commons.wikimedia.org]

mæsse-prēost

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

mæsse-prēost, m.n: a priest not of the Christian church; a priest of the Christian church who had attained the last of the seven appointed orders and could celebrate the mass. His orders were the same as a bishop’s, but only a bishop could ordain priests, confirm children, and consecrate churches. (MASS-seh-PRAY-ost)

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