fēle-lēas

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Hana Videen

fēle-lēas, adj: without feeling. (FAY-luh-LAY-ahs / ˈfeː-lə-ˌleːas)

blencan

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Hana Videen

blencan, wk.v: to deceive, cheat. (BLEN-kahn / ˈblɛn-kan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a fox playing dead with birds flying down around it, followed by a second panel with the fox on its feet with a bird in its mouth. — Fox playing dead in the Rochester Bestiary. England, 13th century. British Library, MS Royal 12 F XIII, f. 26v. [bl.uk]

fnēosung

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Hana Videen

fnēosung, f.n: sneeze. (F’NAY-oh-zung / ˈfneːɔ-zʌŋ)

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ealh

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Hana Videen

ealh, m.n: temple. (EH-al’h / ˈɛalh)

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Medieval manuscript letter S, inside which is illustrated the presentation of Christ at the temple. — Gradual, Master of Bagnacavallo. Italy, c. 1278. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]

ā-dwellan

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Hana Videen

ā-dwellan, wk.v: to lead astray, seduce; to impede, obstruct, hinder. (ah-DWELL-ahn / a-ˈdwɛl-lan)

stæf

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Hana Videen

stæf, m.n: written character, letter. (STAFF / ˈstæf)

Medieval manuscript image of a monk writing in a manuscript with a quill and penknife, with a hooded monstrous creature forming part of the large letter F in which he sits. — Biblia sacra. Zurich(?), 1260-1280. Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 1, f. 1r. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

folc-lār

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Hana Videen

folc-lār, f.n: homily, lit. ‘people-instruction’ (despite the similarity, modern English ‘folklore’ developed independently with a different meaning). (FOLK-LAHR / ˈfɔlk-ˌlaːɹ)

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folgian

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Hana Videen

folgian, wk.v: to follow. (FOL-yih-ahn / ˈfɔl-jɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of two young women walking, one woman plainly dressed and carrying a sack and jug on her back following one richly dressed. — Biblia Porta. France, late 13th century. Lausanne, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, U 964, f. 178r. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

a-teorigendlīc

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Hana Videen

a-teorigendlīc, adj: failing, fleeting, perishable. (ah-TEH-oh-rih-yend-LEECH / a-ˈtɛɔ-ɹɪ-jɛnd-ˌliːtʃ)

sceacdōm

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Hana Videen

sceacdōm, m.n: flight, hurried departure. (SHEH-ahk-DOAM / ˈʃɛak-ˌdoːm)

Medieval manuscript image of a queen and her two young sons on a horse, pursued by a king and his men in armour wielding swords. — The flight of Queen Emma to Normandy with her two young sons in the Anglo-Norman verse *Life of St Edward the Confessor*. England, mid-13th century. Cambridge University Library, MS Ee.3.59, f. 4r. [cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk]

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