waroþ-gewinn

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Hana Videen

waroþ-gewinn, n.n: the strife of waves near the shore, the surge. (WA-roth-yeh-WIN / ˈwa-rɔθ-jɛ-ˌwɪn)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a monk gesturing towards a beam of wood on the shore; three monks look on from their boat in the rolling blue waves. — Bede’s Prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), late 12th century; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 45v. [bl.uk]

ge-sǣlig

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-sǣlig, adj: happy, prosperous, blessed, fortunate. (yeh-SAE-lih / jɛ-ˈsæː-lɪj)

ge-rēde

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Hana Videen

ge-rēde, n.n: harness, trappings. (yeh-RAY-duh / jɛ-ˈreː-də)

Medieval manuscript image of a stag in harness pulling a covered wagon across a bridge over a stream; a person in a headdress extends their hands out the window of the wagon and a large frog falls to the water below their hands. — Weltchronik; Germany (Regensburg), c. 1360; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.769, f. 305v. [ica.themorgan.org]

dūst

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Hana Videen

dūst, n.n: dust (of the earth); dust or ashes; what anything is reduced to by disintegration or decay; material out of which the human body is made (to which it returns and from which it will rise again). (DOOST / ˈduːst)

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wōcor

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Hana Videen

wōcor, f.n: increase, fruit, offspring. (WO-kor / ˈwoː-kɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of five small birds in a nest being fed by a larger bird that pecks its own breast so it bleeds; the little birds consume the streams of blood that drop down to them. — Pelican feeding her young in a Franco-Flemish bestiary; N France (formerly Flanders), c. 1270; J. Paul Getty Museum, MS Ludwig XV/3, f. 17r. [getty.edu]

gamen-wāþ

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Hana Videen

gamen-wāþ, n: joyful path, joyous journey. (GAH-men-WAHTH / ˈga-mɛn-ˌwaːθ)

hrōr

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

hrōr, adj: stirring, active, agile, nimble, vigorous, stout, strong. (H’ROAR / ˈhroːr)

hyrde

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Hana Videen

hyrde, m.n: shepherd, herdsman; keeper, guardian. (HUER-duh / ˈhyr-də)

Medieval manuscript image of a man sitting on a hillock, playing his pipe and ringing a bell; his crook lies on the ground beside him; he is surrounded by a dog, seven sheep and three goats, and a harp leans against a tree. — Crusader Bible; France (Paris), c. 1244-1254; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 25v. [themorgan.org]

cycel

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Hana Videen

cycel, m.n: little cake (not sweet). (KUE-chell / ˈky-tʃɛl)

feorh-ben

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

feorh-ben, f.n: a life-wound, mortal wound. (FEH-or’h-BEN / ˈfɛɔrx-ˌbɛn)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed, kneeling man being struck on the head by the sword of a knight, blood gushing out; three other knights brandish swords and a robed figure stands in the background with a cross. — Thomas Becket murdered by a group of knights in the Huth Psalter; England (Lincoln or York?), late 13th century; British Library, Add MS 38116, f. 13r. [blogs.bl.uk]

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