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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)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on deceitful fame. This post is free for non-patrons to read, so check it out on Patreon.

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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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pearroc

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Hana Videen

pearroc, m.n: an enclosure. (PEH-ar-rock / ˈpɛar-rɔk)

Medieval manuscript image of a white-wimpled woman looking out a window from an enclosed cell with a cross; a man with a bishop’s mitre and crozier stands outside.
Pontificale; England (probably London), c. 1400-c. 1410; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 79, f. 96r. [parker.stanford.edu]
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fȳr

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Hana Videen

fȳr, n.n: fire. (FUER / ˈfyːr)

A badly damaged piece of medieval parchment attached to modern paper; what remains of the parchment has an illustration of a red-orange lion.
Otho-Corpus Gospels, badly damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731; N England (Northumbria), late 7th-early 8th century; British Library, Cotton MS Otho C V, f. 27r. [bl.uk]
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heofon-biggend

Posted on January 12, 2022 by Hana Videen

heofon-biggend, m.n: dweller in heaven. (HEH-oh-von-BIH-yend / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌbɪj-jɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the three astrologers. Read it on Patreon.

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mete

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Hana Videen

mete, m.n: food. (MEH-tuh / ˈmɛ-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of five people including a man wearing a crown standing behind a long, narrow table covered with dishes containing food and drink.
Lancelot-Grail (Prose Vulgate Cycle); N France (Saint-Omer or Tournai), 1316; British Library, Add MS 10293, f. 376r. [bl.uk]
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tīn-wintre

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Hana Videen

tīn-wintre, adj: ten years old; ten years long. (TEEN-WIN-truh / ˈtiːn-ˌwɪn-trə)

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