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wolcen

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Hana Videen

wolcen, f/n.n: cloud. (WOL-kun / ˈwɔl-kən)

Medieval manuscript image of a golden-haloed angel, hands extended, emerging from a cloud.
Getty Apocalypse; England, c. 1255-1260; Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig III 1, f. 21r. [getty.edu]
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heofon-scūr

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

heofon-scūr, m.n: rainshower from the heavens. (HEH-o-von-SHOOR / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌʃuːr)

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lyft-geswenced

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Hana Videen

lyft-geswenced, adj: weather-beaten. (LUEFT-yeh-SWENCH-ed / ˈlyft-jɛ-ˌswɛn-tʃɛd)

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līg

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Hana Videen

līg, m/n.n: flame. (LEE / ˈliːj)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on blooms. Read it on Patreon.

Medieval manuscript image of a phoenix, wings outstretched, sitting in its nest, engulfed in flames.
Harley Bestiary; England, c. 1230-40; British Library, Harley MS 4751, f. 45r. [bl.uk]
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wæl-regn

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

wæl-regn, m.n: deadly rain, slaughter-rain (the rain that caused the Flood). (WAEL-RAIN / ˈwæl-ˌrɛjn)

Medieval manuscript image of floodwaters filled with corpses of people and animals, with rain gushing down in five torrents from the clouds above.
Bible Pictures by William de Brailes; England, c. 1250; Walters Art Museum, W.106.3R. [art.thewalters.org]
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heofon-wolcen

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Hana Videen

heofon-wolcen, n.n: cloud of heaven. (HEH-ov-on-WOL-kun / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌwɔl-kən)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ, cross-nimbed, with book in left hand and right hand raised, striding upward within a mandorla above the cloud-edged arc of heaven, flanked by two nimbed angels.
Sacramentary; France (Mont-Saint-Michel), c. 1060; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.641, f. 75v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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hrēoh-ness

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Hana Videen

hrēoh-ness, f.n: roughness of the weather, of the sea, storm, tempest. (HRAY-o’h-ness / ˈhreːɔx-nɛs)

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heofon-fȳr

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Hana Videen

heofon-fȳr, n.n: lightning. (HEH-ov-on-FUER / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌfyːr)

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scūr-beorh

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-beorh, f.n: a shelter against storm. (SHOOR-BEH-or’h / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɛɔrx)

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ȳstig

Posted on October 17, 2022 by Hana Videen

ȳstig, adj: stormy, tempestuous. (UE-stih / ˈyː-stɪj)

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