mere-næddra, m/f.n: a ‘sea-adder’, a lamprey. (MEH-reh-NAD-dra)
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mere-næddra
Category Archives: water
mere-torht
mere-torht, adj: sea-bright (an epithet for morning). (MEH-reh-TOR-h’t)
in-flēde
in-flēde, adj: full of water (of a stream). (in-FLAY-deh)
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regn-scūr
regn-scūr, m.n: a shower of rain, a shower. (RAYN-shoor)
cȳle-gicel
cȳle-gicel, m.n: an icicle. (KULL-eh-yi-CHELL)
sund-hengest
sund-hengest, m.n: a ship (lit. ‘sea-horse’). (SUND-HENG-est)
mere-dēaþ
mere-dēaþ, m.n: death in the sea, death by drowning. (MEH-reh-DAY-ath)
hēaðu-sigel
hēaðu-sigel, m.n: the sun (lit. sea-sun, perhaps from seeing the sunrise or set over the sea). (HAY-ah-thuh-SI-yell)
wǣg-bora
wǣg-bora, m.n: a wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves. (WAγ-BO-ra)
regnig
regnig, adj: rainy. (RAIN-eeγ)
Inferno, Canto VI, in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Northern Italy (Genoa?), third quarter of 14th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9. [bodley.ox.ac.uk]
