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hearg-weard

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Hana Videen

hearg-weard, m.n: a guardian of a temple. (HAY-arg-WAY-ard)

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gāst-sunu

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

gāst-sunu, m.n: spiritual son, Christ. (GAHST-sun-uh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on slews, sloughs, and slunks. Read it on Patreon.

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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)

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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]

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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]

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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]

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hālgung

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

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

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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]

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hearh

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

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

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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]
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