on-þræc

Posted on October 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

on-þræc, adj: horrible, dreadful. (ON-THRACK / ˈɔn-ˌθræk)

ofen

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

ofen, m.n: oven. (OV-en / ˈɔ-vɛn)

Medieval manuscript image of a brown rabbit standing on its hind legs, holding a long-handled baking tray in its forepaws, with the tray halfway into an oven. — Pontifical; England, early 15th century; British Library, Lansdowne 451, f. 6r. [bl.uk]

bealcettan

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Hana Videen

bealcettan, wk.v: to belch; (of speech or words) to utter. (BEH-al-chet-tahn / ˈbɛal-tʃɛt-tan)

ropp

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Hana Videen

ropp, m.n: an intestine, the colon. (ROP / ˈrɔp)

gilp-word

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Hana Videen

gilp-word, n.n: boast. (YILP-WORD / ˈjɪlp-ˌwɔrd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on boasts and yelps. Read it on Patreon.

fǣr

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

fǣr, m.n: sudden or unexpected danger; peril, calamity. (FAER / ˈfæːr)

Medieval manuscript image a two-legged blue and green creature with a dragon-like tail that instead of a head has a single human arm holding an ax. — Book of Hours; Flanders, c. 1300-1310; Walters Art Museum, W.37, f. 187v. [thedigitalwalters.org]

ge-witnes

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-witnes, f.n: witness, testimony, knowledge; person who can provide testimony from personal observation; the practice of having witnesses present at a transaction. (yeh-WIT-ness / jɛ-ˈwɪt-nɛs)

wāc-līc

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Hana Videen

wāc-līc, adj: poor, mean, of little dignity or worth, paltry. (WAHK-leech / ˈwaːk-liːtʃ)

searu-nīþ

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

searu-nīþ, m.n: hostility to which effect is given by treachery, crafty enmity; martial strife, the strife of armed men, battle. (SEH-ah-ruh-NEETH / ˈsɛa-rʌ-ˌniːθ)

gif-stōl

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Hana Videen

gif-stōl, m.n: ‘gift-seat’, the seat from which gifts are distributed, the throne. (YIF-STOAL / ˈjɪf-ˌstoːl)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man in a robe with crosses on it sitting on a bench on a dais in a fancy building; a haloed bird appears to whisper something in his ear and two men kiss his feet. — Regularis Concordia, St Dunstan enthroned; England (Canterbury?), c. 1120; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius A. iii, f. 8r. [blogs.bl.uk]