ge-recenian

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-recenian, wk.v: to explain. (yeh-REH-chen-i-ahn / jɛ-ˈrɛ-tʃɛ-nɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a tonsured scribe sitting at a desk and writing in an open book; he holds a writing tool in each hand and is concentrating very hard on his task. — Letter of Bede to Bishop Eadfrith forming a prologue to his prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), late 12th century; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 2r. [bl.uk]

þēowet

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Hana Videen

þēowet, m.n: service; (in an unfavourable sense) servitude, bondage, slavery. (THAY-oh-wet / ˈθeːɔ-wɛt)

hord-ern

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

hord-ern, n.n: a storehouse, storeroom, treasury. (HORD-ern / ˈhɔrd-ɛrn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the poem The Ruin. Read it on Patreon.

gamol-feax

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

gamol-feax, adj: with hoary locks, grey-haired. (GAH-moll-FEH-ahks / ˈga-mɔl-ˌfɛaks)

Medieval manuscript illustration of nine men all looking off to the right, a row of seven in the back and two bowing down in front; six of the men have white or grey hair and beards, while the other three have brown hair. — Hunterian Psalter; England, c. 1170; Glasgow University Library, MS Hunter 229 (U.3.2), f. 19v. [gla.ac.uk]

angsumnes

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Hana Videen

angsumnes, f.n: (physical) distress, torment, suffering, affliction; (mental/emotional) distress; anguish, anxiety. (AHNG-sum-ness / ˈaŋ-sʌm-nɛs)

heoloran

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Hana Videen

heoloran, wk.v: to weigh in a balance, to consider. (HEH-ol-or-ahn / ˈhɛɔ-lɔr-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a bearded man, barefoot in flowing robes, standing within a gold circle, holding out a pair of scales in both hands. — Hunterian Psalter; England, c. 1170; Glasgow University Library, MS Hunter 229 (U.3.2), f. 5r. [gla.ac.uk]

bisceop-hām

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

bisceop-hām, m.n: episcopal demesne or property. (BISH-op-HAWM / ˈbɪ-ʃɛɔp-ˌhaːm)

ēage

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

ēage, n.n: eye. (AY-ah-yuh / ˈeːa-jə)

Medical miscellany, including the ‘book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets’; England, late 14th or early 15th century; British Library, Sloane 981, f. 68r. [bl.uk]

scūr-beorh

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-beorh, f.n: a shelter against storm. (SHOOR-BEH-or’h / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɛɔrx)

gōian

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Hana Videen

gōian, wk.v: to sigh, groan, lament. (GO-i-ahn / ˈgoː-ɪ-an)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on leather-working in early medieval England. Read it on Patreon.

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