wǣg-bora

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

wǣg-bora, m.n: a wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves. (WAγ-BO-ra)

A variety of fish swimming onto the page of a bestiary. Northern France, 13th century. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 6838B, f. 39r. [visualiseur.bnf.fr]

regnig

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

regnig, adj: rainy. (RAIN-eeγ)

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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

Posted on September 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

wār, n.n: seaweed; sand, strand. (WAHR)

sǣ-fōr

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

flōd-wudu, m.n: ship (water-wood). (FLOAD-WUH-duh / ˈfloːd-ˌwʌ-dʌ)

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

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

sǣ-ælfen, f.n: sea-elf, sea-nymph. (SAE-AL-ven / ˈsæː-ˌæl-vɛn)

The Rutland Psalter. England, c. 1260. British Library, Add MS 62925, f. 57r. [bl.uk]

sǣ-burh

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

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

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

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]