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ge-gada

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-gada, m.n: a fellow-traveller, a companion, associate. (yeh-GA-da)

Macclesfield Psalter. England (Norwich?), c. 1330-1340. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, f. 53r. [essexvoicespast.com]
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hā-sæta

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

hā-sæta, m.n: a rower. (HA-SÆ-tah)

Pontifical of Guillaume Durand. France (Avignon), before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 143, f. 77v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

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ymb-gang

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

ymb-gang, m.n: a going round; a going about; circuit, circumference; a winding course, bend; going about a business. (UMB-gahng)

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forþ-gang

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

forþ-gang, m.n: a going forth, progress, advance; a passage, drain, privy. (FORTH-gahng)

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hlæst

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

hlæst, n.n: load, cargo, freight, burden. (H’LAST / ˈhlæst)

holmes hlæst: fish (lit. ocean’s cargo).

Old Testament with Latin, Persian, and Judeo-Persian inscriptions. France (Paris), 1244-1254. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 2v. [themorgan.org]
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cræt

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Hana Videen

cræt, n.n: cart. (KRAT / ˈkræt)

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relic-gang

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

relic-gang, m.n: a journey to visit relics. (REL-lich-gong)

St James as a pilgrim in a Book of Hours from the workshop of the Bedford Master. France (Paris), c. 1440-50. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 6, f. 203v. [getty.edu]

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gēan-gang

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

gēan-gang, m.n: a going back, return; a going to meet. (YAY-on-gong)

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be-gang

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Hana Videen

be-gang, m.n: a course, way, passage, circuit, district; an undertaking, a business, exercise, service, religious worship. (beh-GAHNG)

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sund-hengest

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

sund-hengest, m.n: ‘sea-horse’, i.e. a ship. (SUND-HENG-gest / ˈsʌnd-ˌhɛŋ-gɛst)

Louis IX sailing on his second crusade in Les Grandes chroniques de France. France (Paris), 1332-1350. London, British Library, Royal MS 16 G VI, f. 437v. [bl.uk]
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