hwīlwend-līc

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Hana Videen

hwīlwend-līc, adj: temporary, lasting only for a time, not eternal. (H’WEEL-wend-LEECH)

tæl-mearc

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

tæl-mearc, f.n: date (in context of time/calendars). (TAL-MEH-ark)

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Calendar page for January in Book of Hours. Northern France, 14th century. British Library, Add MS 36684, ff. 1v-2r. [blogs.bl.uk]

gēo-hwīlum

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Hana Videen

gēo-hwīlum, adv: formerly, of old. (YAY-oh-H’WEEL-um)

sīþ-dagas

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

sīþ-dagas, m.n(pl): latter days, later times. (SEETH-dah-gahs)

samod-gang

Posted on November 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

samod-gang, adj: continuous. (SAH-mod-GAHNG)

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dæg-þerne

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

dæg-þerne, adj: day, for use in the day time. (DAγ-THER-neh)

ūt-gang

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ūt-gang, m.n: a going out, exit, egress; a coming out from a position within a body; in reference to time, the going out of a period, the conclusion, end; a place by which anything comes out, an exit; what comes out of a body, an evacuation. (OOT-gahng)

dæg-rima

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

dæg-rima, m.n: daybreak, morning. (DAγ-RIM-ah)

symbel-cenness

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

symbel-cenness, f.n: the festival of a person’s birth. (SUM-bell-KEN-ness)

gebyrd-tīd

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

gebyrd-tīd, n: the time of a person’s birth; the anniversary of a person’s birth, birthday. (yeh-BURD-teed)