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hǣlþ

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

hǣlþ, f.n: (good) health, freedom from sickness; (act of) healing. (HALTH / ˈhæːlθ)

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wit-word

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Hana Videen

wit-word, n.n: testament, covenant, statement that bears witness to something. (WIT-WORD / ˈwɪt-ˌwɔrd)

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wit

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Hana Videen

wit, n.n: wit, intelligence, understanding. (WIT / ˈwɪt)

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gafol-swān

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

gafol-swān, m.n: tax-paying swineherd, someone who rents a herd of swine on condition of paying a certain number of swine (butchered) as rent. (GA-voll-SWAN / ˈga-vɔl-ˌswaːn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘earnestly’. Read it on Patreon.

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brim-hlæst

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

brim-hlæst, f.n: fish (sea-cargo). (BRIM-H’LAST / ˈbrɪm-ˌhlæst)

Medieval manuscript depiction of Pisces, with two fish facing opposite directions within two circles, their mouths connected by a curving red line.
11th century calendar, from SE England (Canterbury?); British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI, f. 4r. [bl.uk]
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tīma

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

tīma, m.n: time, hour. (TEE-ma / ˈtiː-ma)

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sib-sum

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Hana Videen

sib-sum, adj: peaceable, friendly. (SIB-sum / ˈsɪb-sʌm)

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bell-hūs

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Hana Videen

bell-hūs, n.n: bell tower, belfry. (BELL-HOOS / ˈbɛl-ˌhuːs)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three tonsured priests standing with a bishop, wearing a mitre, who gestures to a church with two bells in the belfry.
Missal; England (Cambridge?), c. 1320; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.107, f. 216r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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georn

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Hana Videen

georn, adj: eager, desirous; eager for, desirous of; diligent, zealous. (YEH-orn / ˈjɛɔrn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on being in the middle. Read it on Patreon.

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folgian

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

folgian, wk.v: to follow. (FOL-yih-ahn / ˈfɔl-jɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a two-legged green dragon with red wings and a gaping mouth following a young man who looks remarkably unconcerned as he looks over his shoulder.
Bestiary; N Italy, c. 1290; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.459, f. 5r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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