snās

Posted on December 27, 2021 by Hana Videen

snās, f.n: a spit, skewer. (SNAHS / ˈsnaːs)

Medieval manuscript image of a brown striped ape sitting beside a fire, turning a spit over it to cook meat. — The Maastricht Hours; S Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of 14th century; British Library, Stowe 17, f. 176r. [bl.uk]

fyllan

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Hana Videen

fyllan, wk.v: to make full, fill; to furnish with an abundance of, cause to abound in (something); to fill throughout, pervade, permeate, saturate; to make full, satisfied, sated, replete; to satisfy (a desire, craving, etc.). (FUL-lahn / ˈfyl-lan)

hālig

Posted on December 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

hālig, adj: holy. (HALL-ih / ˈhaː-lɪj)

Medieval manuscript image of a reclining haloed woman gesturing towards a baby in a manger; a cow and a donkey lean over the baby with their tongues sticking out, as if to lick him; an eight-pointed star shape hovers above the baby, and above the star shape is an angel with hands outstretched. — St Albans Psalter; England (St Albans), 1130; Hildesheim, Dombibliothek, MS St Godehard 1, p. 21. [albani-psalter.de]

heofonlīce

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Hana Videen

heofonlīce, adv: from heaven. (HEH-oh-von-LEE-chuh / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌliː-tʃə)

Medieval illuminated initial C containing an angel speaking to three shepherds while three other angels watch from a cloud above them; the shepherds have unusually small sheep around their feet and a very small dog. — Annunciation to the shepherds in a psalter; E England (East Anglia?), 1st quarter of 13th century; British Library, Lansdowne MS 431, f. 74v. [bl.uk]

hrīmigost

Posted on December 23, 2021 by Hana Videen

hrīmigost, adj: frostiest. (HREE-mih-gost / ˈhriː-mɪ-gɔst)

lēoþ-weorc

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Hana Videen

lēoþ-weorc, n.n: song-making, poetry. (LAY-oth-WEH-ork / ˈleːɔθ-ˌwɛɔrk)

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heofon-colu

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Hana Videen

heofon-colu, n.n: heat of the sun, literally ‘coals of the heavens’. (HEH-oh-von-KOLL-uh / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌkɔ-lʌ)

Medieval manuscript image of a golden sun with face in a neutral expression; fifteen S-shaped rays extend from it against a blue sky. — Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, c. 1450-70; Bodleian Library, MS Douce 134, f. 49v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

ge-cīgan

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Hana Videen

ge-cīgan, wk.v: to call, name, call upon, invoke, call forth, provoke, incite. (yeh-CHEE-gahn / jɛ-ˈtʃiː-gan)

lǣw-finger

Posted on December 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

lǣw-finger, m.n: finger that points out, index finger, forefinger. (LAEW-FING-ger / ˈlæːw-ˌfɪŋ-gər)

Historiated initial P in a medieval manuscript showing a man pointing to the sky with his index finger; some kind of animal emerges from the clouds above, and there is both lighting and snow. — Aristotle’s Libri Naturales; England (Oxford?), 3rd quarter of the 13th century; British Library, Harley MS 3487, f. 140v. [bl.uk]

cealdost

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

cealdost, adj: coldest. (CHEH-al-dost / ˈtʃɛal-dɔst)

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