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folc-cyning

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Hana Videen

folc-cyning, m.n: king of nations, king of the people. (FOLK-KUE-ning / ˈfɔlk-ˌky-nɪŋ)

Medieval manuscript written in Latin, with a marginal illustration on the left of a tall bearded man wearing a crown and a long robe.
Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae; France (Mont Saint-Michel), 1151-1200; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 8501A, f. 108v. [manuscrits-france-angleterre.org]
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hlāf-ǣta

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Hana Videen

hlāf-ǣta, m.n: dependant (‘bread-eater’). (H’LAW-vat-ah / ˈhlaː-ˌvæ-ta)

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hlǣfdige

Posted on January 22, 2022 by Hana Videen

hlǣfdige, f.n: lady, female head of a household (‘bread-maker’). (H’LAV-dih-yuh / ˈhlæːv-ˌdɪ-jə)

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hlāford

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Hana Videen

hlāford, m.n: lord, male head of a household (‘bread-guardian’). (H’LAW-vord / ˈhlaː-vɔrd)

Medieval manuscript image of a man with loaves in a basket and a baker putting loaves in or taking loaves out of an oven.
Smithfield Decretals; S France (probably Toulouse), c. 1300-c. 1340; British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 145v. [bl.uk]
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grēatian

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Hana Videen

grēatian, wk.v: to become enlarged. (GRAY-ah-ti-ahn / ˈgreːa-tɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a giant man labelled Goliath dressed in armour with a spear facing off with a regular sized man labelled David with a slingshot; a rock has hit the centre of Goliath’s forehead, which is bleeding.
Bible d’Etienne Harding; E France (Cîteaux), c. 1109-1111; Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 14, f. 13r. [initiale.irht.cnrs.fr]
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mān-hūs

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Hana Videen

mān-hūs, n.n: a house of wickedness, hell. (MAHN-HOOS / ˈmaːn-ˌhuːs)

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drēam-lēas

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Hana Videen

drēam-lēas, adj: joyless, sad. (DRAY-ahm-LAY-ahs / ˈdreːam-ˌleːas)

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munt

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Hana Videen

munt, m.n: hill, mountain. (MUNT / ˈmʌnt)

Medieval manuscript image of two finely clothed men following a large group of naked men to a rocky mountain.
Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia; S Italy (Naples), c. 1370; British Library, Add MS 19587, f. 63r. [bl.uk]
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nȳd

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Hana Videen

nȳd, f/n.n: necessity, need, affliction; name of the N-rune ᚾ. (NUED / ˈnyːd)

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a-meldian

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Hana Videen

a-meldian, wk.v: to betray, make known. (ah-MELL-di-ahn / a-ˈmɛl-dɪ-an)

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