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. (GONG)
Category Archives: travel + trade
fierd
fierd, f.n: an army, force, expedition. (FYERD)
sǣ-fōr
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
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
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]
