cȳle-gicel, m.n: an icicle. (KULL-eh-yi-CHELL)
Category Archives: water
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]
wār
wār, n.n: seaweed; sand, strand. (WAHR)
sǣ-fōr
sǣ-fōr, f.n: a journey by sea, a voyage. (SA-vor)
Alexander the Great inside a glass barrel lit by two oil lamps. Miniature from Histoire du bon roi Alexandre. France, 14th century. [pinterest.co.uk]
flōd-wudu
flōd-wudu, m.n: flood-wood, a ship. (FLOAD-wuh-duh)
Louis IX sailing off on his second crusade, from the Chroniques de France ou de St Denis. France (Paris), after 1332 and before 1350. British Library, Royal 16 G. vi, f. 437v. [blogs.bl.uk]
sǣ-ælfen
sǣ-ælfen, f.n: a sea-elf, sea-nymph. (SA-al-ven)
The Rutland Psalter. England, c. 1260. British Library, Add MS 62925, f. 57r. [bl.uk]
