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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)

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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]

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sigel

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

sigel, n.n: the sun; name of the S-rune ᛋ. (SIH-yell / ˈsɪ-jɛl)

‘Clothed with the sun’ in the Rothschild Canticles. France, turn of the 14th century. Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS. 404, f. 64r. [pinterest]
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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)

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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)

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sunn-hāt

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-hāt, adj: heated by the sun. (SUN-HOT)

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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]

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wind-rǣs

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

wind-rǣs, m.n: a storm of wind. [WIND-ræss]

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hādor

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

hādor, n: the clear, serene sky. Also adj: clear (applied both to light and to sound), bright, serene. [HA-dor]

hador

Christine de Pizan’s “Book of the Queen”. France (Paris), c. 1410-1414. British Library, Harley MS 4431, f. 189v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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mere-candel

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

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]

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