ēagan bryhtm

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

ēagan bryhtm, m.n: an eye’s twinkle, a moment. (AY-ah-gahn BRUE-h’tm / ˈeːa-gan ˈbryx-təm)

medu-heall

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

medu-heall, f.n: mead-hall. (MEH-duh-HEH-all / ˈmɛ-dʌ-ˌhɛal)

dōm

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Hana Videen

dōm, m.n: judgment, law; a ruling, command; might, power, dominion, glory, honour, praise, authority; will, free will, choice; sense, meaning, interpretation. (DOAM / ˈdoːm)

holm

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

holm, m.n: ocean, sea, water. (HOLM / ˈhɔlm)

A 12th-century image from the Church of Saint Martin in Zillis, Switzerland.

fēnix

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Hana Videen

fēnix, m.n: phoenix. (FAY-niks / ˈfeː-nɪks)

Detail of a phoenix in the Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library, Univ Lib. MS 24), fol. 56r. The English illuminated manuscript is from the 12th-century.

dēor

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēor, n.n: animal. (DAY-or / ˈdeːɔr)

hūs-bōnda

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Hana Videen

hūs-bōnda, m.n: master of a house. (HOOZ-BOAN-dah / ˈhuːz-ˌboːn-da)

symbel-wērig

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Hana Videen

symbel-wērig, adj: weary with feasting. (SUEM-bell-WAY-rih / ˈsym-bɛl-ˌweː-rɪj)

symbel-gāl

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Hana Videen

symbel-gāl, adj: lustful with feasting. (SUEM-bell-GALL / ˈsym-bɛl-ˌgaːl)

charles_v_feast — The Performance of a Crusade Play at King Charles V’s Feast (detail), Master of the Coronation of Charles VI, Paris, about 1375–80. From *Great Chronicles of France* (*Grandes chroniques de France*). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Ms. fr. 2813, fol. 473v. From Imagining the Culinary Past in France: Recipes for a Medieval Feast on *The Getty Iris*.

medu

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Hana Videen

medu, m/n.n: mead, alcoholic drink made from honey. (MEH-duh / ˈmɛ-dʌ)

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