hālig-mōnaþ

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Hana Videen

hālig-mōnaþ, m.n: September (‘holy-month’). (HA-lih-MO-nath / ˈhaː-lɪj-ˌmoː-naθ)

Calendar pages for September, from the Hours of Joanna of Castile. Netherlands (Bruges), between 1496 and 1506. British Library, Additional 18852, ff. 9v-10. [blogs.bl.uk]

gold-gifa

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Hana Videen

gold-gifa, m.n: a gold-giver, giver of gold or wealth, a generous lord or king. (GOLD-YIV-ah / ˈgɔld-ˌjɪ-va)

I’ve filled the Wordhord with 1000+ words for over 2.5 years, and I want to try something new to help me keep it going. If you’d like to be a Wordhord Gold-gifa, here’s the link to my Patreon page. Every month will have a gold-gifa week when you have the chance to pick the Old English words of the day.

wīf

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Hana Videen

wīf, n.n: woman, female; married woman, wife. (WEEF / ˈwiːf)

mary — The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, from a French Book of Hours. Bibliotheque Renaissance de Nancy, MS 1874. Creative Commons licensed via Flickr.

hærfest

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Hana Videen

hærfest, m.n: autumn, harvest. (HAER-vest / ˈhær-vɛst)

Illustration from a south German mahzor (festival prayerbook), c. 1320. Image from Jewish Heritage Online Magazine.

wēod-mōnaþ

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Hana Videen

wēod-mōnaþ, m.n: August (weed-month). (WAY-odd-MO-nath / ˈweːɔd-ˌmoː-naθ)

august — A calendar page for August in the Isabella Breviary. British Library, Additional 18851, fol. 5. See British Library post here.

dæg-candel

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Hana Videen

dæg-candel, f.n: ‘day-candle’, the sun. (DAIE-KAHN-dell / ˈdæj-ˌkan-dɛl)

The Creation of the Sun and the Moon (detail), Master of Jean de Mandeville, in Historical Bible (Bible historiale; original sources in Latin). Paris, c. 1360–70. The J. Paul Getty Museum. MS. 1, vol. 1, fol. 5.

ān-stapa

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Hana Videen

ān-stapa, m.n: lone wanderer (one-stepper). (AHN-STAH-pa / ˈaːn-ˌsta-pa)

lēaf-scead

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Hana Videen

lēaf-scead, n.n: ‘leaf-shade’, place shaded by leaves or foliage. (LAY-ov-SHEH-odd / ˈleːav-ˌʃɛad)

cor-snǣd

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Hana Videen

cor-snǣd, f.n: trial morsel (‘decision-bite’); consecrated piece of bread or cheese to be swallowed in trial by ordeal. (KOR-SNAD / ˈkɔr-ˌsnæːd)

mǣd-mōnaþ

Posted on July 3, 2016 by Hana Videen

mǣd-mōnaþ, m.n: July. (MAD-MO-nath / ˈmæːd-ˌmoː-naθ)

Detail of a man scything wheat and the zodiac sign Leo on a calendar page for July. From the Bedford Hours, France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Add MS 18850, f. 7r. See British Library blog post.