winter-wille

winter-wille, f.n: a spring that can be used in winter (?). Definition uncertain. [WIN-ter-WIL-leh]

īs-mere

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]

sǣ-næss, m.n: a ness or promontory stretching into the sea, a cape. (SAE-nass / ˈsæː-næs)

hwæl-weg, m.n: the path of the whale, the ocean. (H’WAEL-WAY / ˈhwæl-ˌwɛj)

For more on medieval whales, see my other blog, Dēor-hord, a medieval and modern bestiary!

ȳþ-wōrigende, adj: wave-wandering. (UETH-WO-ri-yen-duh / ˈyːθ-ˌwoː-rɪ-jɛn-də)

gyte-strēam, m.n: a current, flowing stream. (YUE-tuh-STRAY-ahm / ˈjy-tə-ˌstreːam)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on watery words in Beowulf. Read it on Patreon.

hwæles ēðel, compound: ‘whale’s home’, the ocean. (H’WAL-uz-AY-thell / ˈhwæ-ləz-ˌeː-θɛl)

For more on medieval whales, check out my other blog, Dēor-hord, the medieval and modern bestiary!