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Category Archives: time + seasons

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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)

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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)

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dæg-rima

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

dæg-rima, m.n: daybreak, morning. (DAIE-RIM-ah / ˈdæj-ˌrɪ-ma)

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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)

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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)

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set-gang

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

set-gang, m.n: setting of the sun. (SET-gahng)

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ge-swinc-dæg

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-swinc-dæg, m.n: a labour-day, day of toil. (yeh-SWINCH-DAIE / jɛ-ˈswɪntʃ-ˌdæj)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ēar-ringas (earrings). Read it on Patreon.

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uferung

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

uferung, f.n: delay. (UH-ver-ung)

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ēaster-niht

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-niht, f.n: ‘Easter-night’, the night of Holy Saturday. (AY-ah-ster-NI-h’t)

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ēaster-frēolsdæg

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Hana Videen

ēaster-frēolsdæg, m.n: paschal feast, Passover. (AY-ah-ster-FRAY-olz-dæy)

Celebrants around a Seder table in North French Miscellany. France, 1277-1286. London, British Library, MS Additional 11639, f. 205. [bl.uk]
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