wæter-berend, m.n: a water-bearer. (“WÆ-tair-BAIR-end”)
The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Add MS 18850, f. 1r. [bl.uk]
wæter-berend
Category Archives: Water
wǣðe-burne
wǣðe-burne, f.n: a fishing stream. (“WÆTH-eh-BOORN-eh”)
rōwan
rōwan, str.v: to go by water, to row or sail. (“ROH-wahn”)
Pontifical of Guillaume Durand. Avignon, before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 143, f. 77v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
ȳþ-lāf
ȳþ-lāf, f.n: the shore left bare by the waves. (“uth-lahf”)
un-weder
un-weder, n.n: bad weather, tempest. (“oon-WAY-dair”)
Dante’s Divina Commedia, a scene from Canto VI, the third circle (rain, hail, wind, snow), where Virgil flings earth into the jaws of Cerberus. Tuscany, 1440s. British Library, MS Yates Thompson 36, f. 11r. [blogs.bl.uk]
ap-flōd
ap-flōd, m.n: the low tide. (“op-flohd”)
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īs-gebind
īs-gebind, n.n: a bond of ice. (“ees-yeh-beend”) Winter ȳðe belēac īsgebinde. Winter locked up the wave with icy bond.
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gicel-stān
gicel-stān, m.n: a piece of ice, hailstone. (“yee-chell-stahn”)
īs
īs, n.n: ice; the name of the rune ᛁ = i. (“ees”)
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winter-burna
winter-burna, m.n: a stream that is full in winter (?), a torrent. (“ween-tair-boor-nah”)
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