bān-fæt

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Hana Videen

bān-fæt, n.n: bone-vessel, the body. (BAHN-VAT / ˈbaːn-ˌvæt)

hærfest-mōnaþ

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Hana Videen

hærfest-mōnaþ, m.n: September (harvest-month). (HAER-vest-MO-nath / ˈhær-vɛst-ˌmoː-naθ)

Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, by the Limbourg brothers, Barthélemy d’Eyck and Jean Colombe. France, between 1412 and 1416. Musée Condé, MS. 65, fol. 9v. [Wikipedia]

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.