mæstling-smiþ

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

mæstling-smiþ, m.n: brazier, someone who works in brass. (MAST-ling-SMITH / ˈmæst-lɪŋ-ˌsmɪθ)

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]

hrēre-mūs

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

hrēre-mūs, f.n: bat. (HRAY-ruh-MOOS / ˈhreː-rə-ˌmuːs)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a hairy brown bat with black outstretched wings and a strangely human nose. — Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, Univ. Lib. MS 24, f. 51v. [abdn.ac.uk]

mōnaþ-sēocness

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Hana Videen

mōnaþ-sēocness, f.n: lunacy (‘month-sickness’). (MO-nath-SAY-ock-ness / ˈmoː-naθ-ˌseːɔk-nɛs)

nīþing

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Hana Videen

nīþing, m.n: villain, one who commits a vile action. (NEETH-ing / ˈniː-θɪŋ)

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tīd

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

tīd, f.n: time, hour; period of time. (TEED / ˈtiːd)

cīs

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

cīs, adj: fastidious, squeamish (in eating). (CHEES / ˈtʃiːs)

ge-sǣlig

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-sǣlig, adj: happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate. (yeh-SAE-lih / jɛ-ˈsæː-lɪj)

dūst

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

dūst, n.n: dust (of the earth); dust or ashes; what anything is reduced to by disintegration or decay; material out of which the human body is made (to which it returns and from which it will rise again). (DOOST / ˈduːst)

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gamen-wāþ

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Hana Videen

gamen-wāþ, n: joyful path, joyous journey. (GAH-men-WAHTH / ˈga-mɛn-ˌwaːθ)