gærs-cīþ

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

gærs-cīþ, m.n: a blade of grass. (GARZ-cheeth)

Royal 19 D.III, f.402

Nebuchadnezzar and an ox eating grass. Bible historiale, Guyart des Moulins. Central France (Paris and Clairefontaine), 1411. British Library, Royal 19 D III, f. 402r. [bl.uk]

ciris-æppel

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

ciris-æppel, m.n: a cherry. (CHIR-iz-APP-ell)

A boy stealing cherries from a tree. The Luttrell Psalter. Northern England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 196v. [bl.uk]

wyrt-geard

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-geard, m.n: kitchen garden. (WUERT-YEH-ard / ˈwyrt-ˌjɛard)

lēaf-helmig

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

lēaf-helmig, adj: having a leafy top. [LAY-ahv-HEL-miγ]

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Historia plantarum. Italy (Milan), c. 1395-1400. Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 459, p. 212, via World Digital Library. [wdl.org]

wyrt-stenc

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-stenc, m.n: scent from a plant. (WUERT-STENCH / ˈwyrt-ˌstɛntʃ)

lēac

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

lēac, n.n: herb, plant. (LAY-ock / ˈleːak)

Screen Shot 2018-03-26 at 3.48.45 PM — Ibn Butlân, Tacuinum sanitatis, c. 1400. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 9333, fol. 22r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

wyrt-tūn

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-tūn, m.n: garden. (WUERT-TOON / ˈwyrt-ˌtuːn)

E120839b — A garden in Convenevole da Prato’s address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples. Italy (Tuscany), c. 1335-c. 1340. British Library, MS. Royal 6 E IX, fol. 15v. [bl.uk]

dweorge-dwosle

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

dweorge-dwosle, f.n: the herb pennyroyal (of the mint family). (DWEH-or-yuh-DWOSS-luh / ˈdwɛɔr-jə-ˌdwɔs-lə)

The herb pennyroyal in Pseudo-Apuleius Herbal. England (Canterbury), c. 1070-1100. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1431, fol. 24v. [bodley.ox.ac.uk]

sunn-bearu

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-bearu, m.n: a sunny grove. [SUN-BEH-ah-roo]

wermōd

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

wermōd, m.n: wormwood. [WAYRM-ohd]