wind-gerest, f.n: a windy resting-place (?), a hall open to the winds (?). (WIND-yeh-REST)
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Category Archives: weather
hrēoh
hrēoh, adj: rough, fierce, savage, rough (of the weather, the sea, etc.); stormy, tempestuous, disturbed (of the mind). (HRAY-oh)
regnig
regnig, adj: rainy. (RAIN-eeγ)
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
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
styrman, wk.v: (of weather) to storm, rage; (of persons) to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout. (STUR-mon)
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]
