ǣfen-lēoht, n.n: evening light. (AV-en-LAY-oht)
Category Archives: time + seasons
Eāster-sunnandæg
Eāster-sunnandæg, m.n: Easter Sunday. [EH-ah-ster-SUN-nan-dæγ]
Happy Easter!
winter-gerīm
winter-gerīm, n.n: numbering by years; a number of years. [WIN-ter-yeh-REEM]
For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday: morning-terror, a cautionary tale about drinking. Read it on Patreon.
morgen-colla
morgen-colla, m.n: dread (?) or rage (?), furious attack (?) which comes in the morning. Exact definition uncertain! [MOR-yen-KOL-lah]
winter-wille
winter-wille, f.n: a spring that can be used in winter (?). Definition uncertain. [WIN-ter-WIL-leh]
seld-hwanne
seld-hwanne, adv: seldom, rarely. [SELD-HWAN-neh]
winter-getæl
winter-getæl, n.n: a number of years. [WIN-ter-yuh-TÆL]
Sweotolung-dæg
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]
winter-hūs
winter-hūs, n.n: a winter-house, house to live in in winter. [WIN-ter-HOOS]
ymbren-dæg
ymbren-dæg, m.n: an Ember-day (the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday between the third and fourth Sundays of Advent). There are four separate sets of Ember-days throughout the year on western Christian church calendars. These are days for fasting, abstinence and prayer. [IM-bren-DÆγ]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the etymology of Ember-days. Read it on Patreon.
