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blōd

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Hana Videen

blōd, n.n: blood. (BLOAD / ˈbloːd)

Medieval manuscript image of a pelican pecking her breast so that blood pours out; two of her young feed on the droplets.
Franco-Flemish bestiary; France (formerly Flanders),1278-1300; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 4, f. 75. [getty.edu]
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mǣd

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Hana Videen

mǣd, m/f.n: meadow. (MAD / ˈmæːd)

Medieval manuscript image of two people working in a grassy meadow with scythes.
Calendar page for June; England (London/Westminster), 1310-20; British Library, Royal MS 2 B VII, f. 76v. [bl.uk]
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wilde

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Hana Videen

wilde, adj: wild, not tamed. (WILL-duh / ˈwɪl-də)

Medieval manuscript image of a doe and a stag between two trees; in one tree is a squirrel and in the other is a rather comically large bird.
Howard Psalter; England (East Anglia), c. 1308-40; British Library, Arundel MS 83, f. 14r. [bl.uk]
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meter

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Hana Videen

meter, n.n: metre, versification. (MEH-ter / ˈmɛ-tɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man sitting on a throne and playing a lyre, surrounded by other musicians playing horns and drums and people clapping their hands.
Vespasian Psalter; England (Kent), 8th century; British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian A I, f. 30v. [bl.uk]
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mete-gafol

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Hana Videen

mete-gafol, n.n: food paid as tax or tribute. (MEH-tuh-GA-voll / ˈmɛ-tə-ˌga-vɔl)

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ælf-sogeþa

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Hana Videen

ælf-sogeþa, m.n: elf ailment (unknown illness, perhaps anaemia). (ALF-SO-yeh-tha / ˈælf-ˌsɔ-jɛ-θa)

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word-loga

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

word-loga, m.n: one who is false to their word. (WORD-LOG-ah / ˈwɔrd-ˌlɔ-ga)

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iren-smiþ

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Hana Videen

iren-smiþ, m.n: blacksmith (‘iron-smith’). (IH-ren-SMITH / ˈɪ-rɛn-ˌsmɪθ)

Iron stand or standard, consisting of a straight shaft tapering from bottom to top; the lower end of the shaft terminates in a point flanked by two spirals, and at the upper end is a cruciform iron plate, the arms of which fold back upon themselves and terminate in simple inward-facing animal heads, now much disintegrated, with an oblong open-work iron grille with similar animal heads below.
Sutton Hoo Standard; England (Suffolk), early 7th century; British Museum 1939,1010.161. [britishmuseum.org]
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gīfernes

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Hana Videen

gīfernes, f.n: gluttony. (YEE-ver-ness / ˈjiː-vɛr-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript image of a two-faced Janus figure seated at a feast; one mouth eats and the other mouth drinks from a goblet.
Ruskin Hours; NE France, c. 1300; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 3, f. 2v. [getty.edu]
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dryhtenlīc gebēd

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Hana Videen

dryhtenlīc gebēd, adj and n: the Lord’s Prayer. (DRUE-h’ten-leech yeh-BAID / ˈdryx-tɛn-liːtʃ jɛ-ˈbeːd)

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