līc-sirce

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Hana Videen

līc-sirce, f.n: coat of mail. (LEECH-SIR-chuh / ˈliːtʃ-ˌsɪr-tʃə)

Embroidered image of four soldiers in mail armour: two stand with shields, one rides a horse and carries a sword, and one lies dead on the ground. — Bayeux Tapestry; France (Normandy), 11th century (after 1066). [wikipedia.org]

here-grīma

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Hana Videen

here-grīma, m.n: helmet, or more specifically, visor. (HEH-ruh-GREE-ma / ˈhɛ-ɹə-ˌgɹiː-ma)

cilic

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Hana Videen

cilic, m.n: garment made of hair, hair-shirt. (CHILL-itch / ˈtʃɪl-ɪtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman holding up a hair-shirt for a tonsured man; the illustration is inside the letter N in the Latin word ‘nisi’. — De Brailes Hours. England (Oxford), c. 1240. British Library, Add MS 49999, f. 49r. [blogs.bl.uk]

beadu-hrægl

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Hana Videen

beadu-hrægl, n.n: coat of mail, literally ‘battle-garment’. (BEH-ah-duh-H’RAEL / ˈbɛa-dʌ-ˌhɹæ-jəl)

Medieval manuscript image of a king and five of his men dressed in coats of mail, one leading a horse. — Henry of Huntingdon’s *Historia Anglorum*. England, late 12th-early 13th century. British Library, Arundel 48, f. 168v. [bl.uk]

sciccing

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Hana Videen

sciccing, m.n: a cloak, cape. (SHIH-ching / ˈʃɪ-t͡ʃɪŋ)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman wearing a crown and cloak, holding a pendulum in one hand and a red circle with a furry animal in the other; at her feet are a rooster and a fox. — Personification of Equity in *Somme le Roi*. France (Paris? or NE), c. 1290-c. 1300. British Library, Add MS 28162, f. 7v. [bl.uk]

wan-scrȳd

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Hana Videen

wan-scrȳd, adj: imperfectly clothed, ill-clad. (WON-SHRUD)

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St Martin of Tours cutting his cloak for a beggar. Tournai, Southern Netherlands (now Belgium), 2nd half of the 12th century. British Library, Add MS 15219, f. 12r. [blogs.bl.uk]

ēar-ring

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēar-ring, m.n: an earring. (AY-ar-ring)

Byzantine pair of earrings, c. 600, most likely made in Constantinople. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum 57560 and 57561. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. [commons.wikimedia.org]

niht-waru

Posted on May 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

niht-waru, f.n: night-wear. (NI-h’t-WA-ruh)

īsern-byrne

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

īsern-byrne, f.n: iron corslet, coat of mail. (EE-zern-BUR-neh)

Israelites & Philistines fighting on Mt Gilboa in a Book of Hours. Germany (possibly Bamberg), 1204-1219. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.739, f. 17v. [ica.themorgan.org]

scēat

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

scēat, m.n: a corner, an angle; a corner, quarter; a projection, promontory; a nook, corner, region; a lap, bosom; a bay; a garment; a cloth, napkin. (SHAY-aht)

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