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hago-steald

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Hana Videen

hago-steald, adj: unmarried, young. (HA-go-STEH-ald / ˈha-gɔ-ˌstɛald)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘young men enclosed’. Read it on Patreon.

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wolcen-wyrcende

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Hana Videen

wolcen-wyrcende, adj: cloud-producing. (WOLL-ken-WUER-chen-duh / ˈwɔl-kɛn-ˌwyr-tʃɛn-də)

Medieval manuscript illustration showing a blue pillar of cloud springing up from a field of flowers, extending up and to the left out of the green frame.
Das Buch der natürlichen Weisheit (Book of Natural Wisdom); Austria (Salzburg), c. 1430; British Library, Egerton MS 1121, f. 58v. [bl.uk]
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weg-fērend

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Hana Videen

weg-fērend, m.n: wayfarer, traveller. (WEY-FAY-rend / ˈwɛj-ˌfeː-rɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a rosy-cheeked man with a staff riding a cheerful-looking camel through some trees.
Rochester Bestiary; SE England (Rochester?), c. 1230-14th century; British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 38v. [bl.uk]
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ealdor-dōm

Posted on September 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

ealdor-dōm, m.n: authority, power; primacy, pre-eminence; rule, sovereignty, lordship. (EH-all-dor-DOAM / ˈɛal-dɔr-ˌdoːm)

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lām-smiþ

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

lām-smiþ, m.n: worker in clay, potter. (LAHM-SMITH / ˈlaːm-ˌsmɪθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a man straddling a large potters wheel; in one hand he grips a long stick for spinning the wheel and in the other hand he uses a knife to sculpt a lump of clay.
St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei, trans by Raoul de Presles; France, 14th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 22912, f. 227v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

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orsorgness

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Hana Videen

orsorgness, f.n: freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity; prosperity. (OR-SOR’GH-ness / ˈɔr-ˌsɔrx-nɛs)

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puslian

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Hana Videen

puslian, wk.v: to pick out the best bits. (PUH-zli-ahn / ˈpʌz-lɪ-an)

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Medieval manuscript image of a woman opening a large chest full of golden donut-shaped objects while looking behind herself cautiously, a distaff or long stick with wool fibre tucked into her belt.
Book of Hours; Flemish, early 14th century; Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.22, f. 213r. [mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk]
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calu

Posted on September 15, 2021 by Hana Videen

calu, adj: bald, without hair. (KAH-luh / ˈka-lʌ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Bald and baldness. Read it on Patreon.

Medieval manuscript image of bald man’s head and arms extending down from part of a large initial, his right hand raised to his chin and his left hanging below him.
Psalter; France (possibly Saint-Omer), 13th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.79, f. 112r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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ǣmta

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Hana Videen

ǣmta, m.n: leisure; freedom or opportunity (to do something). (AM-ta / ˈæːm-ta)

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cȳðere

Posted on September 13, 2021 by Hana Videen

cȳðere, m.n: a witness; a martyr, one who bears witness by his death. (KUE-theh-ruh / ˈkyː-θɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of archers shooting arrows into a man bound to a tree; the man gazes up at the clouds from which a hand is shown giving a gesture of blessing.
Life & Miracles of St Edmund; England (Bury St Edmunds), c. 1130; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.736, f. 14r. [themorgan.org]
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