smēaþ

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

smēaþ, f.n: meditation. (SMAY-ath)

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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)

godcund

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Hana Videen

godcund, adj: of the nature of God, divine, religious, sacred. (GOD-kund)

ciric-tūn

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

ciric-tūn, m.n: a church enclosure, churchyard, cemetery. (CHIR-itch-TOON)

relic-gang

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

relic-gang, m.n: a journey to visit relics. (REL-lich-gong)

St James as a pilgrim in a Book of Hours from the workshop of the Bedford Master. France (Paris), c. 1440-50. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 6, f. 203v. [getty.edu]

wīgbed-þegen

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

wīgbed-þegen, m.n: a minister of the altar, an ecclesiastic who performs service at the altar. (WEE-bed-THAY-yen)⁣

Missal. Italy, possibly Teramo or Bologna, between 1375 and 1399? or during the second half of 14th century? The Morgan Library & Museum, MS G.16, f. 127v.⁣ [ica.themorgan.org]

up-godu

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

up-godu, pl.n.n: the gods above. (UP-GOD-uh)

ēaster-niht

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-niht, f.n: ‘Easter-night’, the night of Holy Saturday. (AY-ah-ster-NI-h’t)

ēaster-frēolsdæg

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-frēolsdæg, m.n: paschal feast, Passover. (AY-ah-ster-FRAY-olz-dæy)

Celebrants around a Seder table in North French Miscellany. France, 1277-1286. London, British Library, MS Additional 11639, f. 205. [bl.uk]

ancor-līf

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

ancor-līf, n.n: eremitic life; life as a hermit, religious recluse or anchorite. (AHN-kor-leef)

St Guthlac in one of his less reclusive moments. Guthlac Roll. Abbey of Crowland (Lincolnshire), 1175-1215. London, British Library, Harley Roll Y 6, f. 4r. [bl.uk]