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Category Archives: trees + plants

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wyn-wyrt

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Hana Videen

wyn-wyrt, f.n: pleasant plant. (WUEN-WUERT / ˈwyn-ˌwyrt)

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brǣmel-berie

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Hana Videen

brǣmel-berie, f.n: a bramble-berry. (BRAM-ell-BEH-ri-uh / ˈbɹæː-mɛl-ˌbɛ-ɹɪ-ə)

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dēaþ-bēam

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Hana Videen

dēaþ-bēam, m.n: ‘death-tree’, the Tree of Knowledge. (DAY-ath-BAY-ahm / ˈdeːaθ-ˌbeːam)

tree of death
Lebendes Kreuz (Living Cross) from the Schernberg Psalter.

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hæsel

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Hana Videen

hæsel, m.n: hazel. (HAZ-ull / ˈhæ-zəl)

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æppel

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Hana Videen

æppel, m.n: apple, fruit generally; something round, ball. (AP-pell / ˈæp-pɛl)

apple
Unknown master, German (active in 1410s in the Upper Rhineland); The Garden of Eden, c. 1410.
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holt

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Hana Videen

holt, m.n: wood, grove, copse. (HOLT / ˈhɔlt)

Blunt arrow hunt. Horae ad usum romanum. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1156 B, fol. 4r. Source: gallica.bnf.fr.
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corn

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Hana Videen

corn, n.n: grain, cereal plants grown as crops; seed, berry or fruit of a plant. (KORN / ˈkɔrn)

Worksop Bestiary. England, c. 1185. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 31v. [bestiary.ca]
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goldwyrt

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Hana Videen

goldwyrt, f.n: goldwort, marigold. (GOLD-WURT / ˈgɔld-ˌwɝɹt)

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blywnys

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Hana Videen

blywnys, f.n: bloom, flourishing condition. (BLUW-nuss / ˈblɝw-nɝs)

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æsc

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Hana Videen

æsc, m.n: ash, ash tree; name of the Æ-rune ᚫ; a light, swift ship. (ASH / ˈæʃ)

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