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wyrt-tūn

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-tūn, m.n: garden. (WUERT-TOON / ˈwyrt-ˌtuːn)

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A garden in Convenevole da Prato’s address in verse to Robert of Anjou, King of Naples. Italy (Tuscany), c. 1335-c. 1340. British Library, MS. Royal 6 E IX, fol. 15v. [bl.uk]
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druncen-georn

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

druncen-georn, adj: drunk (drink-eager). (DRUNK-en-YEH-orn / ˈdrʌnk-ɛn-ˌjɛɔrn)

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A monk-cellarer tasting wine from a barrel while filling a jug. Li Livres dou Santé, by Aldobrandino of Siena. France, late 13th century. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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wer-genga

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Hana Videen

wer-genga, m.n: stranger who seeks protection in the land to which they have come. (WER-GENG-ga / ˈwɛr-ˌgɛŋ-ga)

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butere

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

butere, f.n: butter. (BUH-teh-ruh / ˈbʌ-tɛ-rə)

15th-century French Book of Hours. Bibliothèque nationale de france, MS. 502, fol. 39r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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ofer-lufu

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

ofer-lufu, f.n: excessive love. (OV-er-LUH-vuh / ˈɔ-vɛr-ˌlʌ-vʌ)

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

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Pierre Sala’s Petit Livre d’Amour. France, central (Paris) and southeast (Lyon), 1st quarter of the 16th century. British Library, Stowe MS 955, f. 13r. [bl.uk]
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æppel-tūn

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

æppel-tūn, m.n: orchard. (AP-pell-TOON / ˈæp-pɛl-ˌtuːn)

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A man labouring in an orchard: Petrus de Crescentiis’s Ruralia commoda in French translation. S. Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1478 – c. 1480. British Library, Royal 14 E VI, fol. 28r. [bl.uk]
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symbel-wynn

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

symbel-wynn, f.n: ‘feast-joy’, pleasure or delight in feasting. (SUEM-bell-WUEN / ˈsym-bɛl-ˌwyn)

Illustration from Lancelot du Lac, or Prose Lancelot. Northeast France (Arras?), 1300-1380. British Library, Royal MS 20 D IV, fol. 1r. [bl.uk]
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bēor-sele

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

bēor-sele, m.n: hall where (alcoholic) drink is served. (BAY-or-SEH-luh / ˈbeːɔr-ˌsɛ-lə)

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cū-meoluc

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

cū-meoluc, f.n: cow’s milk. (KOO-MEH-o-luk / ˈkuː-ˌmɛɔ-lʌk)

Trivulzio Book of Hours. Flanders, c. 1470. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

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morgen-colla

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

morgen-colla, m.n: ‘morning-dread’, ‘morning-rage’. (MOR-gen-KOLL-ah / ˈmɔr-gɛn-ˌkɔl-la)

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