sǣ-burh, f.n: a maritime town. (SÆ-burh)
A man riding on a donkey, head in hand, across a bridge, as a personification of Idleness (Peresse). The Dunois Hours. Central France (Paris), c. 1440 – c. 1450 (after 1436). British Library, Yates Thompson 3, f. 162r. [bl.uk]
wæter-sēaþ, m.n: a water-pit, well, reservoir. [WÆ-ter-SAY-ath]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on sea-candles. Read it on Patreon.
Medieval water well at the Qala Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Urek Meniashvili on Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0. [commons.wikimedia.org]
mere-candel, f.n: the “sea-candle”, a kenning (metaphor) for the sun, a light that rises from or sets in the sea. [MAY-ray-KAHN-dell]
mere-hūs, n.n: a sea-house (Noah’s ark). [MEH-reh-HOOS]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about wer-genga, a stranger in a strange land. Read it on Patreon.
Noah’s ark in La Somme le Roi by Frère Laurent of Orleans (1295). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Mazarine MS 870, fol. 103r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
ȳþ-lād, f.n: a way across the waves. [UTH-LAHD]
winter-wille, f.n: a spring that can be used in winter (?). Definition uncertain. [WIN-ter-WIL-leh]
īs-mere, m.n: a mere covered with ice. [EEZ-MEH-reh]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Boethius’s ice-mere. Read it on Patreon.
gicel, m.n: an icicle. [YICH-ell]
wollen-tēar, adj: having hot tears, with hot tears. [WOL-len-TÆ-ar]
amel, m.n: a vessel for holy water. [AH-mell]
Book of Hours, ram, with situla, sprinkling holy water with an aspergillum. Walters Art Museum, MS. W.102, f. 80r. [flickr.com]
