gicel-gebland, n.n: a hailstorm. [YI-chell-yeh-BLOND]

hrīm-ceald, adj: icy cold. [HREEM-CHAY-ald]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the rime-cold sea. Read and hear it on Patreon.

Calendar page for February, painted by the Limbourg brothers for Jean, Duc de Berry: “Medieval and Renaissance Interiors” by Eva Oledzka, found on Patricia Lovett’s blog. Does anyone have more specific manuscript info? [patricialovett.com]

of-calen, adj/participle: very cold. (OV-KAH-len / ˈɔf-ˌka-lɛn)

winter-geweorp, n.n: a storm of snow or hail, wintry tempest. [WIN-ter-yeh-WEH-orp]

īs-ceald, adj: ice-cold. [EEZ-CHEH-ald]

fǣr-cȳle, m.n: a terrible coldness, extreme cold. [FÆR-kill-eh]

weder-blāc, adj: weather-pale, pale from exposure to weather (?). [WED-er-BLAWK]

æl-ceald, adj: all cold, most cold. [ÆL-CHEH-ald]

ungemet-ceald, adj: excessively cold. [un-yeh-MET-CHE-ald]

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Keeping warm. Marginalia from a Book of Hours. N. France, (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne), c. 1318-1325. British Library, Add MS 36684, f. 2v. [bl.uk]