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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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sēremōnaþ

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

sēremōnaþ, m.n: June. (SAY-reh-MO-nath / ˈseː-rɛ-ˌmoː-naθ)

Crop of a medieval manuscript with writing in Latin in black, red and green ink, with decorative initials in gold; in the top right corner are two people standing inside a double ring, representative of Gemini.
Calendar made in southern England in the first half of the 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Julius A VI, f. 5v. [bl.uk]
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midsumer-mōnaþ

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

midsumer-mōnaþ, m.n: June (‘midsummer-month’). (MID-sum-er-MO-nath / ˈmɪd-sʌ-mɛr-ˌmoː-naθ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on mind-sorrow. Read it on Patreon.

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hēa-dēor

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Hana Videen

hēa-dēor, n.n: stag, deer (lofty animal). (HAY-ah-DAY-or / ˈheːa-ˌdeːɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of a wide-eyed stag.
Sextus Placitus, De medicina ex animalibus; England, late 12th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1462, f. 49r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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ferhþ

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Hana Videen

ferhþ, m.n: mind, soul, spirit, heart, life. (FER-h’th / ˈfɛrxθ)

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āmen

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Hana Videen

āmen, interjection: amen. (AH-men / ˈaː-mɛn)

Image of writing on parchment in a medieval hand, both Latin and Old English, in black and red inks; in the centre of the image is the word Amen.
Glossed hymnal; England (Canterbury), mid 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f. 29v. [bl.uk]
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