sunn-feld

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-feld, m.n: Elysium (the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology; paradise). [SUN-feld]

heofon-wōma

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

heofon-wōma, m.n: a heavenly sound, the sound heard at the day of judgment. [HAY-oh-von-WOH-ma]

The Escorial Beatus (Escorial, Biblioteca Monasterio, Cod. & II. 5, p. 20), a 10th-century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana. [arachne.uni-koeln.de]

cristenest

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Hana Videen

cristenest, adj: the most Christian, pious, holy. [KRIS-ten-est]

Sweotolung-dæg

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

Sweotolung-dæg, m.n: Epiphany (lit. ‘manifestation day’). [SWAY-oh-toh-lung-DÆγ]

Adoration of the Magi, with female saints in niches: the Virgin Mary crowned with a lily-sceptre; St Clare (?) with a book; St Catherine with her wheel; St Margaret with a long cross and a dragon; a female saint with no emblem; and St Mary Magdalene with her pot of ointment). The Queen Mary Psalter. England, 1310-1320. British Library, Royal MS 2 B VII, f. 112v. [bl.uk]

wuldor

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

wuldor, f.n: glory. (WUL-dor / ˈwʌl-dɔr)

ymbren-dæg

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Hana Videen

ymbren-dæg, m.n: an Ember-day (the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday between the third and fourth Sundays of Advent). (UM-bren-DAIE)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the etymology of Ember-days. Read it on Patreon.

wlite-scēawung

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Hana Videen

wlite-scēawung, f.n: a word used to translate ‘Zion’, the biblical place name. Literal meaning is ‘beauty-contemplation’ or ‘glory-contemplation’. [WLIT-eh-SHAY-ah-wung]