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egeslic

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

egeslic, adj: terrible, dreadful, frightening, terrifying. (EH-yez-litch / ˈɛ-jɛz-lɪtʃ)

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becola

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Hana Videen

becola, m/f.n: spectre, witch. (BEH-koll-ah / ˈbɛ-kɔ-la)

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dēaþ

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

dēaþ, m.n: death. (DAY-ath / ˈdeːaθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a skull walking on two feet and wearing a black bishop’s mitre.
Hours of Saint-Omer; France, c. 1320; British Library, Add 36684, f. 84v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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sum

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Hana Videen

sum, adj: some, one of many, certain (as in ‘a certain book’). (sum / sʌm)

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hwistlung

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

hwistlung, f.n: hissing, whistling. (H’WIST-lung / ˈhwɪst-lʌŋ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a long green snake slithering through an opening in a rock.
Snake shedding its skin; N France, 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 11207, f. 34r. [gallica.bnf.fr]
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fōstor-cild

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Hana Videen

fōstor-cild, n.n: foster-child. (FOH-stor-CHILLD / ˈfoː-stɔr-ˌtʃɪld)

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hornede

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Hana Videen

hornede, adj: horned. (HORN-eh-duh / ˈhɔr-nɛ-də)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a goat-like creature with extremely long, sharp horns, surrounded by floating gold circles.
A creature called a demma in the Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 58v. [patrimoine-numerique.ville-valenciennes.fr]
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glædscipe

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Hana Videen

glædscipe, m.n: joy, gladness. (GLAD-SHIP-uh / ˈglæd-ˌʃɪ-pə)

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oretta

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Hana Videen

oretta, m.n: one who strives, a combatant, warrior, champion. (OR-et-ta / ˈɔ-rɛt-ta)

Medieval manuscript image of a rabbit walking on its hind legs, holding a circular shield in one forepaw and a giant sword in the other.
Vincent of Beauvais’s Speculum historiale; France, c. 1294-1297; Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 130II, f. 319v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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rūm-mōd

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Hana Videen

rūm-mōd, adj: liberal in giving; benignant, gracious, kind. (ROOM-MODE / ˈruːm-ˌmoːd)

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