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panic

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Hana Videen

panic, n.n: a sort of millet. (PAH-nitch / ˈpa-nɪtʃ)

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dæges ēage

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Hana Videen

dæges ēage, n.n: daisy (day’s eye). (DAIE-yes-AY-ah-yuh / ˈdæ-jɛs-ˌeːa-jə)

An allegorical painting of a man putting his heart into a daisy from Petit Livre d’Amour, by Pierre Sala. France, c. 1500. British Library, Stowe MS 955, fol. 6r.
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bēam

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Hana Videen

bēam, m.n: tree, cross, column, wood. (BAY-ahm / ˈbeːam)

Today is the feast of the Invention of the True Cross.

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Walrus ivory cross with silver fittings, evidently intended both as a reliquary (presumably for an enshrined piece of the True Cross) and as a pectoral cross. England, c. 1050. Victoria and Albert Museum.

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beorc

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Hana Videen

beorc, f.n: birch; name of the B-rune ᛒ. (BEH-ork / ˈbɛɔɹk)

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rysc-bedd

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Hana Videen

rysc-bedd, n.n: a bed of rushes. (RUSH-BED / ˈɹɝʃ-ˌbɛd)

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collon-crōh

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Hana Videen

collon-crōh, m.n: a waterlily. (KOLL-on-KROH / ˈkɔl-lɔn-ˌkɹoːh)

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Egerton MS 747, fol. 67 (c. 1300). Pepperwort and Waterlily. From The British Library.
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ellen-trēow

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Hana Videen

ellen-trēow, n.n: an elder tree. (EL-len-TRAY-oh / ˈɛl-lɛn-ˌtɹeːɔ)

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coliandre

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Hana Videen

coliandre, f.n: the herb coriander. (KOLL-li-ahn-druh / ˈkɔ-lɪ-an-dɹə)

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wōde-wistle

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Hana Videen

wōde-wistle, f.n: hemlock. (WO-duh-WIST-luh / ˈwoː-də-ˌwɪst-lə)

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gærs

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Hana Videen

gærs, n.n: grass, a blade of grass, herb, hay. (GAERZ / ˈgærz)

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British Library, MS Royal 19 D.III, f. 402. Nebuchadnezzar and an ox.
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