fæðmian

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Hana Videen

fæðmian, wk.v: to fathom, embrace, contain, envelope, clasp, devour. (“FÆTH-me-ahn”)

scrīc

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Hana Videen

scrīc, n: a kind of thrush, screech, fieldfare, strike. (“shreech”)

Turdus pilaris. Photo taken in Rumia, Poland, by Adam Kumiszcza (CC BY 3.0). [commons.wikimedia.org]

Does anyone have a medieval image of this bird?

nafel-sceaft

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Hana Videen

nafel-sceaft, f.n: the navel. (“NA-vell-SHÆ-aft”)

un-sceamfæst

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Hana Videen

un-sceamfæst, adj: shameless, impudent. (“oon-SHÆ-ahm-fæst”)

A marginal figure pulling a face in the Gorleston Psalter. England, 1310-1324. British Library, Add MS 49622, f. 123r. [bl.uk]

efen-gemæcca

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Hana Videen

efen-gemæcca, m.n: a companion, husband; an equal, fellow, consort.  (“AY-ven-yeh-MÆK-kah”)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on foul stenches. Read it on Patreon.

fūl-stincende

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Hana Videen

fūl-stincende, v.ptc: foul-stinking. (“FOOL-STEEN-chen-deh”)

A bonnacon. Image from unknown source–please comment if you know it. [lazerhorse.org]

ūht-wæcce

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Hana Videen

ūht-wæcce, f.n: a nightly vigil. (“ooht-WÆK-cheh”)

umbor

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Hana Videen

umbor, n.n: a child. (“OOM-bor”)

Mother with child holding onto three-wheeled walker, from a French Book of Hours (c. 1440). The Morgan Library and Museum, M.63, fol. 65r. [ica.themorgan.org]

costnigend

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Hana Videen

costnigend, m.n: a tempter. (“KOST-nee-yend”)

mold-stōw

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Hana Videen

mold-stōw, f.n: a place on the earth, a site, or a place in the earth, a grave. (“mold-stoh”)