styrman, wk.v: (of weather) to storm, rage; (of persons) to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout. (STUR-mon)
Category Archives: weather
sunn-hāt
sunn-hāt, adj: heated by the sun. (SUN-HOT)
Sun with a human face and a nude figure pouring water from a jug (Aquarius). Book of Hours. Italy, 1490-1499. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.14, f. 1r. [ica.themorgan.org]
wind-rǣs
wind-rǣs, m.n: a storm of wind. [WIND-ræss]
hādor
hādor, n: the clear, serene sky. Also adj: clear (applied both to light and to sound), bright, serene. [HA-dor]
Christine de Pizan’s “Book of the Queen”. France (Paris), c. 1410-1414. British Library, Harley MS 4431, f. 189v. [blogs.bl.uk]
mere-candel
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]
sunn-beorht
sunn-beorht, adj: bright with the sunshine. [SUN-BAY-orht]
sunn-bearu
sunn-bearu, m.n: a sunny grove. [SUN-BEH-ah-roo]
ofer-ceald
ofer-ceald, adj: excessively cold. [OH-ver-CHAY-ald]
Three sinners standing in a hell-mouth, being tormented by devils throwing ice and snow. Breviari d’Amor, by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers. E. Spain (Catalonia, Girona?), last quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 31, fol. 170v. [bl.uk]
gicel-gebland
gicel-gebland, n.n: a hailstorm. [YI-chell-yeh-BLOND]
hrīm-ceald
hrīm-ceald, adj: icy cold. [HREEM-CHAY-ald]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the rime-cold sea. Read and hear it on Patreon.
Calendar page for February, painted by the Limbourg brothers for Jean, Duc de Berry: “Medieval and Renaissance Interiors” by Eva Oledzka, found on Patricia Lovett’s blog. Does anyone have more specific manuscript info? [patricialovett.com]
