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wolcen-faru

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wolcen-faru, f.n: passing of clouds, moving clouds. (WOL-kun-FAH-ruh / ˈwɔl-kən-ˌfa-rʌ)

Two groups of the nimbed Elect in Heaven (including a veiled woman and a tonsured deacon holding a palm), all standing amid clouds above a row of stars. Miscellany. Italy (Naples), last quarter of the 14th century. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 4v. [ica.themorgan.org]

snīwan

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snīwan, wk.v: to snow. (SNEE-wahn / ˈsniː-wan)

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Miniature of three sinners standing in a hell-mouth, being tormented by devils throwing ice and snow. Breviari d’Amor (Catalan prose version), by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers. E. Spain (Catalonia, Gerona?), last quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 31, f. 170v. [bl.uk]