ūt-fūs

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

ūt-fūs, adj: ready to sail. (OOT-foos)

gang

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Hana Videen

gang, m.n: going, movement (especially on foot); power of walking, ability to walk; manner of walking, gait, walk; coming/going from one place to another, journey; way, road, path; course, lapse, passage (of a period of time); circuit, tract, expanse; legal process, a legal proceeding; company of people/followers; privy. (GAHNG / ˈgaŋ)

fierd

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

fierd, f.n: an army, force, expedition. (FYERD)

sǣ-fōr

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Hana Videen

sǣ-fōr, f.n: a journey by sea, a voyage. (SA-vor)

Alexander the Great inside a glass barrel lit by two oil lamps. Miniature from Histoire du bon roi Alexandre. France, 14th century. [pinterest.co.uk]

wræc-lāst

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

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.

flōd-wudu

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

flōd-wudu, m.n: ship (water-wood). (FLOAD-WUH-duh / ˈfloːd-ˌwʌ-dʌ)

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

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Hana Videen

snacc, f.n: a swift-sailing vessel. (SNAWK / ˈsnak)

sǣ-burh

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

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]