heolstor

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

heolstor, m/n.n: darkness, obscurity (also fig.); place of concealment, hiding-place, hidden recess. (HEH-ol-stor / ˈhɛɔl-stɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of an old man with a halo holding a globe in his hands, with one hemisphere black and the other white. Two bipedal human-faced lizard-like creatures creep in the margin above. — *Les Histoires Roger*. France, 13th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Français 20125, f. 2v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

ǣr-ǣt

Posted on December 20, 2020 by Hana Videen

ǣr-ǣt, m.n: early eating, eating before the prescribed or proper time. (AER-AT / ˈæːɹ-ˌæːt)

heorþ-bacen

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Hana Videen

heorþ-bacen, adj: baked on a hearth. (HEH-orth-BAHK-en / ˈhɛɔɹθ-ˌbak-ən)

Medieval manuscript image of two men baking something in a triangular, wood-fired oven. — *Romance of Alexander*, illustrated by Jehan de Grise. Belgium (Flanders), 1338-1344. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, f. 83r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

tīr-wine

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Hana Videen

tīr-wine, m.n: a glorious friend, an epithet for one who follows a successful leader (lit. glory-friend). (TEER-WIN-uh / ˈtiːɹ-ˌwɪ-nə)

wuldor-gifu

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Hana Videen

wuldor-gifu, f.n: a glorious gift, a gift of heaven (lit. glory-gift). (WULL-dor-YIH-vuh / ˈwʌl-dɔɹ-ˌjɪ-vʌ)

antefn

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Hana Videen

antefn, f/n.n: an antiphon, a hymn sung in alternate parts. (AHN-TEH-vun / ˈan-ˌtɛ-vən)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on gledes and those who imitate them. Read it on Patreon.

Page from a medieval manuscript showing medieval music notation and words written in Latin; a woman debates with a throned man inside a large letter V. — Beaupré Antiphonary. Belgium (Hainaut), c. 1290. Oxford, Ashmolean Museum Ruskin Collection WA.RS.STD.007. [ruskin.ashmolean.org]

glida

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Hana Videen

glida, m.n: kite, glede (a bird of prey). (GLID-ah / ˈglɪ-da)

Medieval manuscript image of a brown, hook-beaked bird extending a talon and flapping its wings in the air. — *Ter Duinen Aviary*, Hugh of Fouilloy. Flanders, c. 1190-1200. Grootseminarie Brugge, MS. 89/54, f. 34v. [mmmonk.be]

ge-wislīce

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Hana Videen

ge-wislīce, adv: certainly, without doubt, unquestionably; without fail, surely; knowingly, accurately; explicitly, clearly. (yeh-WIZ-LEE-cheh / jɛ-ˈwɪz-ˌliː-tʃɛ)

a-rǣman

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Hana Videen

a-rǣman, wk.v: (trans.) to raise, lift up, elevate; (intrans.) to raise or lift up one’s self, to arise. (ah-RAM-ahn / a-ˈɹæː-man)

cild-cradol

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Hana Videen

cild-cradol, m.n: cradle; (metonymical) infancy. (CHILLD-KRAH-doll / ˈtʃɪld-ˌkɹa-dɔl)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman sitting up in bed, gesturing toward an immense cradle containing her seven infants. The cradle is being held from behind by a second woman. — Talbot Shrewsbury Book. N France (Rouen), 1444-1445. British Library, Royal 15 E VI, f. 273r. [bl.uk]

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