be-gang

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Hana Videen

be-gang, m.n: a course, way, passage, circuit, district; an undertaking, a business, exercise, service, religious worship. (beh-GAHNG)

gāst-genīþla

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Hana Videen

gāst-genīþla, m.n: a persecutor or foe of souls, the devil. (GAHST-yeh-NEETH-la)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Old English professions and surnames. Read it on Patreon.

ciric-þēnung

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

ciric-þēnung, f.n: church-duty or service. (CHI-rich-THAY-nung)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on burning tears. Read it on Patreon.

hell-grund

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

hell-grund, m.n: the depth of hell. (HELL-grund)

The Harrowing of Hell in the Winchester Psalter. England (Winchester), 12th-13th century. British Library, Cotton MS Nero C IV, f. 24r. [bl.uk]

cyric

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

cyric, f.n: a church. (KUR-ich)

Rabbit tolling church bells, from a marginal cycle of images of the funeral of Renard the Fox. Hours of Jesus Crucified. England, c. 1300. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Walters MS W.102, fol. 81r. [thedigitalwalters.org]

cyning

Posted on December 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

cyning, m.n: a king, monarch, male sovereign; God, Christ. (KUE-ning / ˈky-nɪŋ)

Breviary from England (Norwich), between 1322 and 1325. British Library, Stowe MS 12, f. 16v. [bl.uk]

hūsel-gang

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

hūsel-gang, m.n: partaking of the sacrament; receiving of the Eucharist, Communion. (HOO-zel-GONG)

Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende. France (S.?), between c. 1390 and 1402. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 24, f. 76. [bl.uk]

hālgung-bōc

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

hālgung-bōc, f.n: a benedictional, a book containing a collection of benedictions or blessings. (HALL-gung-BOAK)

hell-waru

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

hell-waru, f.n: the body of the inhabitants of hell. (HELL-WA-ruh)

Hell. Hortus deliciarum (Garden of Delights), an illuminated manuscript by the nun Herrad of Landsberg. France (Alsace), c. 1130-1195. Public Domain. [wikipedia.org]

mynster-gang

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

mynster-gang, m.n: going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life. (MUN-ster-GONG)

Vitae patrum. Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 134r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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