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Category Archives: sounds + music

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chor-glīw

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Hana Videen

chor-glīw, n.n: choral dance, musical entertainment or celebration involving singer(s) and dancer(s). (KOR-GLEE-ew / ˈkɔr-ˌgliːw)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a person playing a gittern for a group of five dancers, three of whom wear animal masks (a stag, a rabbit and a boar).
Romance of Alexander; England, 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264. f. 21v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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sōn

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Hana Videen

sōn, m.n: a musical sound, music vocal or instrumental. (SOWN / ˈsoːn)

Medieval manuscript image of a rabbit playing a harp.
Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 1r. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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here-cirm

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Hana Videen

here-cirm, m.n: a war-shout, shout raised by a host. (HEH-reh-CHIRM / ˈhɛ-rɛ-ˌtʃɪrm)

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wæter-stefn

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Hana Videen

wæter-stefn, f.n: the voice or sound of water. (WAT-er-STEH-vun / ˈwæ-tɛr-ˌstɛ-vən)

Medieval manuscript image of two fish swimming in waves of water.
Bestiary; Iran (Maragheh), c. 1297-1300; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.500, f. 78v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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sārig-cirm

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Hana Videen

sārig-cirm, m.n: lamentation, mourning. (SAH-rih-CHIRM / ˈsaː-rɪj-ˌtʃɪrm)

Medieval manuscript image of a person seated on the ground between two trees brushing tears from their face and wearing torn-up clothing.
Roman de la Rose; France (Paris), third quarter of the 14th century; The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, MMW 10 B 29, f. 3r. [wellcomecollection.org]
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stefn

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Hana Videen

stefn, f.n: voice. (STEH-vun / ˈstɛ-vən)

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sang

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Hana Videen

sang, m.n: song. (SAHNG / ˈsaŋ)

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hwistlung

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

hwistlung, f.n: hissing, whistling. (H’WIST-lung / ˈhwɪst-lʌŋ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a long green snake slithering through an opening in a rock.
Snake shedding its skin; N France, 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 11207, f. 34r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
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grymettan

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Hana Videen

grymettan, wk.v: to roar, bellow; to cry out, howl. (GRUE-met-tahn / ˈgry-mɛt-tan)

Marginal lion in the Rothschild Canticles; Flanders, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 115v. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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þunor-rād

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Hana Videen

þunor-rād, f.n: thunder, a peal of thunder. (THUH-nor-RAWD / ˈθʌ-nɔr-ˌraːd)

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