ūter-mere

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

ūter-mere, m.n: outer-sea, open sea. (OO-ter-MEH-reh)

St Omer Psalter. England (Norfolk), c. 1330-c. 1440. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 14, f. 70v. [bl.uk]

strēam-weall

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

strēam-weall, m.n: a shore. (STRAY-ahm-WEH-all)

Guillaume de Machaut, *Poésies*. NE France, 1425-1430. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.396, f. 105v. [ica.themorgan.org]

mere-næddra

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

mere-næddra, m/f.n: a ‘sea-adder’, a lamprey. (MEH-reh-NAD-dra)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about a ship chase. Read it on Patreon.

Lamprey fishing in the Theatrum Sanitatis, 14th century. Rome, Library Casanatense, Ms. 4182. [medievalists.net]

mere-torht

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

mere-torht, adj: sea-bright (an epithet for morning). (MEH-reh-TOR-h’t)

in-flēde

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Hana Videen

in-flēde, adj: full of water (of a stream). (in-FLAY-deh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Cuthbert. Read it on Patreon. And while you’re there, Patrons, you have one week to send me word requests for Goldgifa Week!

regn-scūr

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

regn-scūr, m.n: a shower of rain, a shower. (RAYN-shoor)

Croesus in John Lydgate’s Middle English translation of Boccaccio’s *Fall of Princes.* England (probably Suffolk), c. 1450-c. 1460. London, British Library, MS Harley 1766, f. 133r. [bl.uk]

cȳle-gicel

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Hana Videen

cȳle-gicel, m.n: an icicle. (KULL-eh-yi-CHELL)

sund-hengest

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Hana Videen

sund-hengest, m.n: ‘sea-horse’, i.e. a ship. (SUND-HENG-gest / ˈsʌnd-ˌhɛŋ-gɛst)

Louis IX sailing on his second crusade in *Les Grandes chroniques de France.* France (Paris), 1332-1350. London, British Library, Royal MS 16 G VI, f. 437v. [bl.uk]

mere-dēaþ

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

mere-dēaþ, m.n: death in the sea, death by drowning. (MEH-reh-DAY-ath)

Shipwreck of Hugo de Boues in Matthew Paris’s Chronica maiora II. England (St Albans), 13th century. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 16 II, f. 46v. [parker.stanford.edu]

hēaðu-sigel

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

hēaðu-sigel, m.n: the sun (lit. sea-sun, perhaps from seeing the sunrise or set over the sea). (HAY-ah-thuh-SI-yell)

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