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mete

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

mete, m.n: food. (MEH-tuh / ˈmɛ-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of five people including a man wearing a crown standing behind a long, narrow table covered with dishes containing food and drink.
Lancelot-Grail (Prose Vulgate Cycle); N France (Saint-Omer or Tournai), 1316; British Library, Add MS 10293, f. 376r. [bl.uk]
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scencan

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Hana Videen

scencan, wk.v: to pour out liquor for drinking; to give to drink. (SHENK-an / ˈʃɛn-kan)

Medieval manuscript image of a tavern: a cellarer standing amidst large barrels passes drinks up to a group of men above, who are tossing back large bottles and cups of drink.
Cocharelli, Treatise on the Vices & Virtues; N Italy (Genoa), c. 1330-1340; British Library, Add MS 27695, f. 14r. [bl.uk]
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ælmes-georn

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Hana Videen

ælmes-georn, adj: diligent in giving alms, benevolent. (AL-mez-YEH-orn / ˈæl-mɛz-ˌjɛɔrn)

The letter D in a medieval manuscript, inside of which is a scene: a man raises hands towards a round loaf in raised right hand of man with left hand holding fold of garment containing loaves; to the right, a man stands with hands on man with left hand raised, seated on a chair on high podium.
Cuerden Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1270; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.756, f. 104r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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be-prīwan

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Hana Videen

be-prīwan, wk.v: to wink. (beh-PREE-wahn / bɛ-ˈpriː-wan)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on frosty phonemes. Read it on Patreon.

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hālig

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

hālig, adj: holy. (HALL-ih / ˈhaː-lɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of a reclining haloed woman gesturing towards a baby in a manger; a cow and a donkey lean over the baby with their tongues sticking out, as if to lick him; an eight-pointed star shape hovers above the baby, and above the star shape is an angel with hands outstretched.
St Albans Psalter; England (St Albans), 1130; Hildesheim, Dombibliothek, MS St Godehard 1, p. 21. [albani-psalter.de]
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hrīmigost

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Hana Videen

hrīmigost, adj: frostiest. (HREE-mih-gost / ˈhriː-mɪ-gɔst)

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cealdost

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

cealdost, adj: coldest. (CHEH-al-dost / ˈtʃɛal-dɔst)

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undern-mete

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Hana Videen

undern-mete, m.n: food eaten at undern (in the morning), breakfast. (UN-dern-MEH-tuh / ˈʌn-dɛrn-ˌmɛ-tə)

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leornung

Posted on December 11, 2021 by Hana Videen

leornung, f.n: learning, study, reading, meditation. (LEH-or-nung / ˈlɛɔr-nʌŋ)

Medieval manuscript marginal sketch of a cross-looking teacher in a chair looking down on and gesturing towards two children seated on the floor, one of whom appears to wear donkey ears.
Marginalia from a Latin manuscript; England, 13th century; Chambéry (France), Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 27, f. 151r. [initiale.irht.cnrs.fr]
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hunig-gafol

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Hana Videen

hunig-gafol, n.n: honey paid as tax or tribute. (HUN-ih-GA-voll / ˈhʌ-nɪj-ˌga-vɔl)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a beekeeper on one knee tending to his giant bees (as big as his own head), who fly towards the entrance of their hive.
Worksop Bestiary; England (Lincoln or York?), c. 1185; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 58r. [themorgan.org]
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