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mold-hrērende

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Hana Videen

mold-hrērende, adj: moving upon the earth. (MOLD-HRAY-ren-duh / ˈmɔld-ˌhɹeː-ɹɛn-də)

donkey
Needs ID – please comment if you know the source

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ellor-fūs

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Hana Videen

ellor-fūs, adj: desirous or ready to go elsewhere, ready to depart. (EL-lor-FOOS / ˈɛl-lɔɹ-ˌfuːs)

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from-hweorfan

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Hana Videen

from-hweorfan, str.v: to turn from, go or depart from. (FROM-H’WEH-or-vahn / ˈfɹɔm-ˌhwɛɔɹ-van)

Walters Manuscript W.88, fol. 152v.
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fromawælta

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Hana Videen

fromawælta, wk.v: rolled away. (FROM-ah-WAEL-tah / ˈfɹɔ-ma-ˌwæl-ta)

From Got Medieval blog: Marginal image from an early 14th-century Festal Psalter (The Hague, KB, 78 D 40).
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hwēol

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Hana Videen

hwēol, n.n: a wheel. (H’WAY-oll / ˈhweːɔl)

wheel
Bury Psalter: Psalm 82 ‘Make me as on to a wheel’. Anglo-Saxon, 1000-1050. Rome, Vatican, MS Reg. Lat. 12, fol. 90v.
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sǣ-genga

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Hana Videen

sǣ-genga, m.n: a sea-goer, a mariner; a vessel, ship. (SAE-GENG-ga / ˈsæː-ˌgɛŋ-ga)

sailor
The Medieval Bestiary: Two sirens have lured these sailors to their doom; one holds the ship. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 14429, fol. 116v.
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hwæl-weg

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Hana Videen

hwæl-weg, m.n: ‘whale-path’, the ocean. (H’WAL-WAY / ˈhwæl-ˌwɛj)

Thomas de Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, Valenciennes, BM, ms. 320, f. 111v. (c. 1285)
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mere-strǣt

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Hana Videen

mere-strǣt, f.n: sea (sea-street). (MEH-ruh-STRAT / ˈmɛ-rə-ˌstræːt)

Christ calms the waves in the Codex Egberti. Reichenau Abbey (modern day Germany), late 10th century. Stadtbibliothek Trier, Ms. 24, f. 24r. [commons.wikimedia.org]

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brim-lād

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

brim-lād, f.n: ocean (sea-path). (BRIM-LAWD / ˈbrɪm-ˌlaːd)

The beast of the sea encounters the dragon. From the Burckhardt-Wildt Apocalypse. France, ca. 1295. Detroit Institute of Arts, Acc. 1983.20A, verso.
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brim-gæst

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

brim-gæst, m.n: a sea-guest, sailor. (BRIM-GAST / ˈbɹɪm-ˌgæst)

Sea monster found in a river by sailors from Albertus Magnus’s De natura rerum.
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