wræc-lāst, m.n: the track of an exile. (WRACK-lost)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the medicinal properties of dog drool and other medieval hund facts. Read it on Patreon.
Category Archives: travel + trade
flōd-wudu
flōd-wudu, m.n: flood-wood, a ship. (FLOAD-wuh-duh)
Louis IX sailing off on his second crusade, from the Chroniques de France ou de St Denis. France (Paris), after 1332 and before 1350. British Library, Royal 16 G. vi, f. 437v. [blogs.bl.uk]
snacc
snacc, f.n: a swift-sailing vessel. (SNAHK)
sǣ-burh
sǣ-burh, f.n: a maritime town. (SÆ-burh)
A man riding on a donkey, head in hand, across a bridge, as a personification of Idleness (Peresse). The Dunois Hours. Central France (Paris), c. 1440 – c. 1450 (after 1436). British Library, Yates Thompson 3, f. 162r. [bl.uk]
wracnian
wracnian, wk.v: to be or travel in a foreign country, be a pilgrim or stranger. (WRAHK-nih-yahn)
hām-sīþ
hām-sīþ, m.n: a journey home. [HAHM-seeth]
hweogul
hweogul, n.n: a wheel. [HWAY-oh-gull]
Fortune turns her wheel in Boethius’s Consolation de philosophie. Art by Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?). France (Paris), c. 1460-1470. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. 42, fol. 1v. [getty.edu]
ȳþ-mearh
mere-hūs
mere-hūs, n.n: a sea-house (Noah’s ark). [MEH-reh-HOOS]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about wer-genga, a stranger in a strange land. Read it on Patreon.
Noah’s ark in La Somme le Roi by Frère Laurent of Orleans (1295). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Mazarine MS 870, fol. 103r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
wer-genga
wer-genga, m.n: a stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come. [WAIR-yen-ga]
