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cyric-sceatt

Posted on June 12, 2022 by Hana Videen

cyric-sceatt, m.n: tax or rent due to the church (frequently paid in grain). (CHUE-rich-SHEH-aht / ˈtʃy-rɪtʃ-ˌʃɛat)

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tīgan

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

tīgan, wk.v: to tie. (TEE-gahn / ˈtiː-gan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two giant rabbits tying up a dog’s jaws and forelegs with ropes.
Smithfield Decretals; S France (probably Toulouse), c. 1300-40; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 62v. [bl.uk]
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medume

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Hana Videen

medume, adj: middling, moderate, common; occupying the middle or mean position. (MEH-duh-muh / ˈmɛ-dʌ-mə)

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bēor

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Hana Videen

bēor, m.n: alcoholic drink brewed from various fruits and honey. (BAY-or / ˈbeːɔr)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man sitting with legs crossed, pouring the contents of a jug into a drinking horn that he holds in his left hand; he is looking away from what he is doing.
Metrical calendar; SE England, first half of 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI, f. 4v. [bl.uk]
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hām-cūþ

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Hana Videen

hām-cūþ, adj: familiar, literally ‘home-known’. (HAHM-KOOTH / ˈhaːm-ˌkuːθ)

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

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palent

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Hana Videen

palent, m/f.n: a palace. (PA-lent / ˈpa-lɛnt)

Medieval manuscript illustration of three tall, colourful turrets with crenellations and flags; below there is a sailboat on water filled with aquatic life, and also a group of bearded men conversing.
Breviculum of Thomas Le Myésier on Ramon Llull; France (Arras), early 14th century; Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek, St. Peter perg. 92, f. 9v. [digital.blb-karlsruhe.de]
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wīc-sele

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Hana Videen

wīc-sele, m.n: a hall of a settlement. (WEECH-SEH-luh / ˈwiːtʃ-ˌsɛ-lə)

Learn more about this previously unidentified word from Old English Poetry in Facsimile / Digital Mappa. (It’s not every day a ‘new’ old word is added to the dictionary!)

Read the Twitter thread on wīc-sele here.

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scūr-boga

Posted on June 5, 2022 by Hana Videen

scūr-boga, m.n: rainbow. (SHOOR-BO-gha / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɔ-xa)

Medieval manuscript illustration in the midst of Old English and Latin writing showing an arc of red, blue, purple and red, below which is a group of people, a man on his knees labelled Noe and a haloed man gesturing with two fingers outstretched.
Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; British Library, Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 16v. [bl.uk]
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hwī

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Hana Videen

hwī, adv/conjunction: why. (HWEE / ˈhwiː)

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swyðost

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

swyðost, adj: greatest, strongest. (SWUE-thost / ˈswy-θɔst)

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