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cucler

Posted on May 16, 2023 by Hana Videen

cucler, m.n: spoon. (KUH-kler / ˈkʌ-klɛr)

A gilt silver spoon consisting of a hemispherical bowl with five holes punched in the centre, joined to a triangular plate, which connects to a thin stem.
Silver spoon; England (Isle of Wight), 6th century; British Museum 1867,0729.3. [britishmuseum.org]
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belg

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Hana Videen

belg, m.n: bag, pouch, sack; bellows. (BELG / ˈbɛlg)

Medieval manuscript image of a blacksmith hammering on an anvil; behind them a bellows is suspended over an open fire.
Marie de France’s Fables; France, 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 24428, f. 98r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
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met-gird

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Hana Videen

met-gird, f.n: a rod for measuring. (MET-YIRD / ˈmɛt-ˌjɪrd)

Medieval manuscript image of a blue-winged angel bent over beside a walled city with blue turrets, using a rod to measure the sides.
Biblia Porta; N France (Franco-Flemish), late 13th century; Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, U 964, f. 483r. [e-codices.unifr.ch]
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mete-seax

Posted on September 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

mete-seax, n.n: a knife used in cutting food, dagger. (MEH-tuh-SEH-ahks / ˈmɛ-tə-ˌsɛaks)

Medieval manuscript image of a young man crouching on the ground with a blade and holding the tail of a giant fish; an eagle eats the head of the fish, which has been cut off, and an older man dressed as a monk gestures towards the youth with one hand, a walking stick in the other.
Bede’s Prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), 12th century; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 28v. [britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk]
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sulh

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Hana Videen

sulh, n.n: plough. (SUL’H / ˈsʌlx)

Medieval manuscript image of three men working in a field, with four muscular oxen drawing a plough; a bearded man guides the plough, and behind him another man scatters grain.
Miscellany; England (Canterbury), mid-11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, f. 3r. [bl.uk]
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lǣce-seax

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

lǣce-seax, n.n: surgical knife. (LATCH-uh-SEH-ox / ˈlæː-tʃə-ˌsɛaks)

Medieval manuscript image of a man sitting on a bench with his left arm outstretched; another man cuts his arm just above the elbow with a knife, letting the blood pour down into a bowl on the ground.
Aldobrandino of Siena’s ‘Le Régime du corps’; N France (Lille?), 3rd quarter of 13th century; British Library, Sloane 2435, f. 11v. [bl.uk]
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wrīting-feþer

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Hana Videen

wrīting-feþer, f.n: pen (writing-feather). (WREE-ting-FEH-ther / ˈwriː-tɪŋ-ˌfɛ-θɛr)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man with a monk’s tonsure sitting at a desk, writing in a book, a quill in one hand and knife in the other; a tiny, tonsured assistant labelled Heinre helpfully holds out an ink horn.
Donatus writing his Grammar; Germany, 12th century; British Library, Arundel 43, f. 80v. [bl.uk]
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īren-gelōma

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Hana Videen

īren-gelōma, m.n: iron implements. (EE-ren-yeh-LO-ma / ˈiː-ɹɛn-jɛ-ˌloː-ma)

Medieval manuscript image of a blacksmith holding a hammer in one hand and in the other hand a tool positioning a horseshoe on an anvil.
Book of Hours. England (London), c. 1320-c. 1330. British Library, Harley 6563, f. 68v. [bl.uk]

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geafel

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

geafel, m.n: fork. (YEH-ah-vel / ˈjɛa-vɛl)

A manuscript illustration shows two hairy brown devils forcing three naked humans into the flames in a giant beast's mouth. One of the sharp implements used to poke and prod the humans appears to be a long fork.
Breviari d’Amor. S France (Toulouse?), 1st quarter of 14th century. British Library, Royal MS 19 C I, f. 185v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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fīr-scofl

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

fīr-scofl, f.n: a fire-shovel. (FEER-SHOV-ull)

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