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)

sciccels

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

sciccels, m.n: a cloak, mantle. (SHIH-chells)

The Luttrell Psalter. England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 156v. [bl.uk]

bēah-gifu

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Hana Videen

bēah-gifu, f.n: a ring-gift, distribution of rings or bracelets. (BAY-ah-YIV-uh / ˈbeːax-ˌjɪ-vʌ)

Hoard gold rings found at Leeds, West Yorkshire. Photo by portableantiquities on Flickr, 19 July 2012 (CC BY 2.0). [commons.wikimedia.org]

hop-steort

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Hana Videen

hop-steort, m.n: the train of a dress. [HOP-STEH-ort]

The Marriage. Nicolo da Bologna. Italy, 1350s. Washington (DC), National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, Miniatures 1975, no. 15. [nga.gov]

snōd

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Hana Videen

snōd, f.n: snood, headdress. (SNOAD / ˈsnoːd)

ofer-brǣdels

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Hana Videen

ofer-brǣdels, m.n: a covering, veil, garment. (OV-er-BRAE-dels / ˈɔ-vɛr-ˌbræː-dɛls)

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Screen Shot 2017-06-07 at 14.05.04 — Taymouth Hours. England, S.E.? (London?), 2nd quarter of the 14th century. British Library, MS Yates Thompson 13, f. 73. [bl.uk]

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