glīw

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Hana Videen

glīw, n.n: glee, joy, mirth; amusement, entertainment; music. (GLEE-ew / ˈgliːw)

rēðe

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Hana Videen

rēðe, adj: fierce, cruel, savage, wild. (RAY-thuh / ˈreː-θə)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a creature that looks somewhat like a lion but without a distinctive mane and with a mouth that stretches nearly ear to ear showing its teeth menacingly; a bird observes from its perch in a nearby tree. — Leucrota from Rochester Bestiary; SE England, c. 1230; British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 23r. [bl.uk]

tān-hlyta

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

tān-hlyta, m.n: one who divines by casting lots. (TAHN-H’LUE-ta / ˈtaːn-ˌhly-ta)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘getawa of the trade’, and because it’s post number 300, it’s free for everyone to read. Read it on Patreon.

gūþ-getawa

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Hana Videen

gūþ-getawa, f.n (plural): battle-gear, equipment for war, armour. (GOOTH-yeh-TA-wa / ˈguːθ-jɛ-ˌta-wa)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man in a knee-length skirt, long-sleeved coat and pointed helmet; he brandishes a sword in his left hand and holds a shield in his right. — Psychomachia of Prudentius; England, late 10th or early 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, f. 18v. [bl.uk]

hǣlþ

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

hǣlþ, f.n: (good) health, freedom from sickness; (act of) healing. (HALTH / ˈhæːlθ)

scora

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Hana Videen

scora, m.n: a hairy garment. (SHO-ra / ˈʃɔ-ra)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a woman whose hair is so long that it covers her entire body, her arms, and all the way to her toes, like a kind of dress; she is handing some kind of fruit or nut to a monkey in a tree. — Smithfield Decretals; S France (Toulouse?), c. 1300-40; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 275r. [bl.uk]

wit-word

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Hana Videen

wit-word, n.n: testament, covenant, statement that bears witness to something. (WIT-WORD / ˈwɪt-ˌwɔrd)

wit

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Hana Videen

wit, n.n: wit, intelligence, understanding. (WIT / ˈwɪt)

þurstig

Posted on July 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

þurstig, adj: thirsty (literally and figuratively). (THUR-stih / ˈθʌrs-tɪj)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man sitting and drinking from a bowl, which he holds in one hand; he holds a long, two-pronged fork in the other hand. — Psalter of Lambert le Bègue; N France (Liège), 1255-65; British Library, Additional 21114, f. 1r. [bl.uk]

gafol-swān

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

gafol-swān, m.n: tax-paying swineherd, someone who rents a herd of swine on condition of paying a certain number of swine (butchered) as rent. (GA-voll-SWAN / ˈga-vɔl-ˌswaːn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘earnestly’. Read it on Patreon.

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