swegel-candel

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

swegel-candel, f.n: the candle of the sky, the sun. (SWEH-yell-KAHN-dell)

Late 15th century Book of Hours from Florence, Italy. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.14, f. 1r. [ica.themorgan.org]

weder-tācen

Posted on August 31, 2019 by Hana Videen

weder-tācen, n.n: a sign of fine weather. (WEH-der-TAHK-en)

mere-torht

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Hana Videen

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

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)

wind-gerest

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

wind-gerest, f.n: a windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?). (WIND-yeh-REST)

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hrēoh

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

hrēoh, adj: rough, fierce, savage, rough (of the weather, the sea, etc.); stormy, tempestuous, disturbed (of the mind). (HRAY-oh)

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]

sund-būend

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

sund-būend, m.n: a sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind. (SUND-BOO-end)

styrman

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

styrman, wk.v: (of weather) to storm, rage; (of persons) to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout. (STUR-mon)