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ȳþ-lida

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Hana Videen

ȳþ-lida, m.n: ship (wave-traverser). (UETH-LI-da / ˈyːθ-ˌlɪ-da)

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benc-sittend

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Hana Videen

benc-sittend, m.n: ‘bench-sitter’, someone who sits on a bench (perhaps a guest or retainer). (BENCH-SIT-tend / ˈbɛntʃ-ˌsɪt-tɛnd)

A drinking bench. Computistical, historical and astronomical miscellany with a metrical calendar. England (Canterbury?), mid-11th century. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, fol. 4v. [bl.uk]
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wolcen-faru

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Hana Videen

wolcen-faru, f.n: passing of clouds, moving clouds. (WOL-kun-FAH-ruh / ˈwɔl-kən-ˌfa-rʌ)

Two groups of the nimbed Elect in Heaven (including a veiled woman and a tonsured deacon holding a palm), all standing amid clouds above a row of stars. Miscellany. Italy (Naples), last quarter of the 14th century. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.498, fol. 4v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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līf-wynn

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Hana Videen

līf-wynn, f.n: pleasure or joy of life. (LEEV-WUEN / ˈliːv-ˌwyn)

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þrowend

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Hana Videen

þrowend, m.n: scorpion; martyr; Thrond (member of a people in northern Norway). (THRO-wend / ˈθrɔ-wɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the double meaning of þrowend. Read it on Patreon.

Scorpio in a 13th-century Psalter. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.4, f. vi verso. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]
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lēo

Posted on July 23, 2017 by Hana Videen

lēo, m.n: a lion, lioness. (LAY-oh / ˈleːɔ)

The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Add MS 18850, f. 7r. [bl.uk]
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ranc-strǣt

Posted on July 8, 2017 by Hana Videen

ranc-strǣt, f.n: ‘proud-road’, ‘bold-road’ (definition uncertain). (RAHNK-STRAT / ˈrank-ˌstræːt)

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frēogan

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Hana Videen

frēogan, wk.v: to free, make free; to honour, like, love. (FRAY-o-gahn / ˈfreːɔ-gan)

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un-weder

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Hana Videen

un-weder, n.n: bad weather. (UN-WEH-der / ˈʌn-ˌwɛ-dɛr)

Dante’s Divina Commedia, a scene from Canto VI, the third circle (rain, hail, wind, snow), where Virgil flings earth into the jaws of Cerberus. Tuscany, 1440s. British Library, MS Yates Thompson 36, f. 11r. [blogs.bl.uk]
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costnung-stōw

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Hana Videen

costnung-stōw, f.n: a place of temptation. (KOST-nung-STOH / ˈkɔst-nʌŋ-ˌstoːw)

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