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cucurbite

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Hana Videen

cucurbite, f.n: a gourd. (KUH-kur-bit-eh)

Gourd plant within initial C. Régime du corps. France (Rouen?), c. 1440-1450. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.0165, f. 89v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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fen-fearn

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

fen-fearn, n.n: the fen or water-fern, flowering fern, the herb christopher, osmund-royal. (FEN-FEH-arn)

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hlyn

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

hlyn, m.n: maple. (HLUN)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about a home-going soul and an Old English crux. Read it on Patreon.

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brēmel-þȳfel

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

brēmel-þȳfel, m.n: a bramble thicket. (BRAY-mel-THUH-vel)

European bramble from the Vienna Dioscurides, an early 6th-century Byzantine Greek illuminated manuscript of De Materia Medica. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, f. 83r. [en.wikipedia.org]
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ofet

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

ofet, n.n: fruit. (OV-et)

Hedgehogs rolling on the ground to collect grapes for their young. Rochester Bestiary. England, c. 1230. British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 45r. [blogs.bl.uk]
Visit the BL’s blog to see an adorable video about medieval hedgehogs.
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gehæg-holt

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

gehæg-holt, m/n.n: definition uncertain, possibly a copse in an enclosure or a copse where there is pasture. (yeh-HÆ-holt)

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wyrttūn-hege

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

wyrttūn-hege, m.n: a garden hedge. (WURT-toon-HEH-yeh)

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hearh-eard

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

hearh-eard, m.n: a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling. (HAY-ar’h-AY-ard)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘plant-towns’. Read it on Patreon.

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wyrtig

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

wyrtig, adj: full of herbs. (WUR-tee)

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lēac-tūn

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

lēac-tūn, m.n: herb garden, kitchen garden. (LAY-ock-TOON / ˈleːak-ˌtuːn)

Carmina regia, Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou. Italy (Tuscany), c. 1335. British Library, Royal MS 6 E IX, f. 15v. [bl.uk]
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