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bāt-weard

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Hana Videen

bāt-weard, m.n: commander of a ship (BAHT-WEH-ard / ˈbaːt-ˌwɛard)

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mūþ-bana

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Hana Videen

mūþ-bana, m.n: ‘mouth-killer’, one who destroys with the mouth. (MOOTH-BAH-nah / ˈmuːθ-ˌba-na)

A grey quadruped with a tail, pointy ears and large eyes opens its mouth, revealing a set of very large and intimidating teeth.
A molosus from Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme; NW Flanders, c. 1287; Lippe, Lippische Landesbibliothek, MS 70, f. 36r. [digitale-sammlungen.llb-detmold.de]
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āþ

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Hana Videen

āþ, m.n: oath. (AWTH / ˈaːθ)

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wudu-bucca

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Hana Videen

wudu-bucca, m.n: wild goat (male). (WUH-duh-BUCK-ah / ˈwʌ-dʌ-ˌbʌk-ka)

Medieval manuscript image of a wild goat next to a small tree or shrub, with its head turned back over its shoulder and one of its forefeet lifted in the air.
Bestiary; France, c. 1240; Bibliothèque Municipale de Chalon-sur-Saône, MS 14, f. 82r. [portail.biblissima.fr]
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lencten-ādl

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Hana Videen

lencten-ādl, f.n: ‘spring-disease’, fever. (LENK-ten-AH-dull / ˈlɛnk-tɛn-ˌaː-dəl)

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cēap-stōw

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Hana Videen

cēap-stōw, f.n: marketplace. (CHAY-op-STOH / ˈtʃeːap-ˌstoːw)

Medieval manuscript image of a market square with a cross in the centre, surrounded by booths with merchants selling cloth, chickens, baskets, hogs and cattle.
Le Chevalier errant; France (Paris), c. 1400; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Français 12559, f. 167r. [expositions.bnf.fr]
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cēap

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Hana Videen

cēap, m.n: purchase, sale, business transaction; possessions; price, payment. (CHAY-op / ˈtʃeːap)

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befer

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Hana Videen

befer, m.n: beaver. (BEH-ver / ˈbɛ-vɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of an indigo, rather un-beaver-like beaver biting off its own testicles beside a tree; a hunter with a spear watches, while a hunter with an ax points to the beaver, his face turned to his companion.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 11r. [abdn.ac.uk]
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ceorl

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Hana Videen

ceorl, m.n: man (general term without reference to a particular social class); peasant; member of the lowest class of free men. (CHEH-orl / ˈtʃɛɔrl)

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cnafa

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Hana Videen

cnafa, m.n: boy or youth. (K’NAH-va / ˈkna-va)

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