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fōr-racu

Posted on August 29, 2026 by Hana Videen

fōr-racu, f.n: itinerary, account of a journey. (for-RAH-kuh / foːr-ˈra-kʌ)

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ōþ-glīdan

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Hana Videen

ōþ-glīdan, v: to glide away. (OATH-GLEE-dahn / ˈoːθ-ˌgliː-dan)

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sīþ

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Hana Videen

sīþ, m/n.n: journey, voyage. (SEETH / ˈsiːθ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three men on a double-masted ship, sailing above a large fish with an open mouth and five dorsal fins.
Bestiaire d’Amour; N Italy, c. 1290; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.459, f. 18r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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rād-wērig

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Hana Videen

rād-wērig, adj: weary with riding or journeying. (RAWD-WAY-rih / ˈraːd-ˌweː-rɪj)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two soldiers sleeping while leaning on their shields inside a castle-like building with a bell tower.
Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 233r. [collections.library.yale.edu]
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upstige

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Hana Videen

upstige, m.n: ascension, mounting; an ascent, a way of ascending. (UP-STIH-yuh / ˈʌp-ˌstɪ-jə)

Medieval manuscript image of the legs and feet of a person suspended in the air, with the upper half obscured by clouds; groups of men stand on either side on the ground below, one man holding a crown and another a book.
Christ’s ascension in Tiberius Psalter; England (Winchester), 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, f. 15r. [bl.uk]
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barþ

Posted on April 21, 2026 by Hana Videen

barþ, n: type of ship. (BARTH / ˈbarθ)

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un-land

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

un-land, n.n: false land. (UN-LOND / ˈʌn-ˌland)

Medieval manuscript image of an oddly drawn whale with two men warming themselves at a fire on its back, one of whom has taken off his shoes and wiggles his toes near the flames; their boat is anchored to the whale’s back.
De bestiis et aliis rebus; France, c. 1230; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2495B, f. 46v. [mandragore.bnf.fr]
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pæþ

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Hana Videen

pæþ, m/f.n: path, track. (PATH / ˈpæθ)

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mǣrels

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Hana Videen

mǣrels, m.n: a rope for mooring a ship. (MAE-rells / ˈmæː-rɛls)

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uppian

Posted on August 15, 2025 by Hana Videen

uppian, wk.v: to mount up, rise. (UP-pi-ahn / ˈʌp-pɪ-an)

Historiated V in a medieval manuscript depicting the crowned and haloed Virgin Mary, hands folded in prayer, sitting on a blue throne that is being raised above a tomb by eight angels.
Manuscript leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin from an antiphonary illuminated by Niccolò di ser Sozzo; Italy (Siena), c. 1340; The Metropolitan Museum of Art 96.32.12. [metmuseum.org]
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