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ge-sweorc

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-sweorc, n.n: cloud, mist, smoke. (yeh-SWEH-ork / jɛ-ˈswɛɔrk)

Medieval manuscript image of an angel descending from a cloud with hands outstretched.
Getty Apocalypse; England (probably London), c. 1255-60; J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig III 1, f. 21r. [getty.edu]
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scūr-boga

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-boga, m.n: rainbow. (SHOOR-BO-gha / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɔ-xa)

Medieval manuscript illustration in the midst of Old English and Latin writing showing an arc of red, blue, purple and red, below which is a group of people, a man on his knees labelled Noe and a haloed man gesturing with two fingers outstretched.
Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 16v. [bl.uk]
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ȳstan

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Hana Videen

ȳstan, wk.v: to be stormy. (UE-stahn / ˈyː-stan)

Medieval manuscript image two winged heads blowing rain and wind down upon a group of ships that toss in the waves; one ship has already foundered, with bodies floating in the water amidst the debris.
Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César; Italy (Naples), 14th century; British Library, Royal MS 20 D I, f. 176v. [bl.uk]
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sunne

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Hana Videen

sunne, f.n: sun. (SUN-nuh / ˈsʌn-nə)

Medieval manuscript image of a swirly orange sun in the sky surrounded by stars and in the foreground a river, beside which are two holes in the ground containing heads.
Yates Thompson Apocalypse; France (Paris), 1370-1390; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 10, f. 11r. [bl.uk]
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scūr-sceadu

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-sceadu, f.n: protection against storms. (SHOOR-SHEH-ah-duh / ˈʃuːr-ˌʃɛa-dʌ)

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hrīmigost

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Hana Videen

hrīmigost, adj: frostiest. (HREE-mih-gost / ˈhriː-mɪ-gɔst)

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heofon-colu

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Hana Videen

heofon-colu, n.n: heat of the sun, literally ‘coals of the heavens’. (HEH-oh-von-KOLL-uh / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌkɔ-lʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a golden sun with face in a neutral expression; fifteen S-shaped rays extend from it against a blue sky.
Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, c. 1450-70; Bodleian Library, MS Douce 134, f. 49v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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cealdost

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

cealdost, adj: coldest. (CHEH-al-dost / ˈtʃɛal-dɔst)

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hægel

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Hana Videen

hægel, m.n: hail (ice pellets); name of the H-rune ᚻ. (HAE-yell / ˈhæ-jɛl)

Medieval manuscript image of man wearing a crown, raising an arm into the air and watching as pellets of hail fall down upon damaged trees and crops.
Weltchronik; Germany (Regensburg), c. 1360; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.769, f. 81v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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ofer-weder

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Hana Videen

ofer-weder, n.n: storm, tempest. (OV-er-WEH-der / ˈɔ-vɛr-ˌwɛ-dɛr)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a mitre-wearing, crozier-carrying bishop raising his right hand to a ship packed with concerned-looking men; the ship is sailing on choppy waves that become smoother closer to the bishop.
St Nicholas calming a storm in the Queen Mary Psalter; England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?), 1310-1320; British Library, Royal 2 B VII, f. 318r. [bl.uk]
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