searu-bunden

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Hana Videen

searu-bunden, adj: cunningly fastened, artfully bound. (SEH-ah-ruh-BUN-den)

Early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon belt buckle from the British Museum, originally found at Sutton Hoo site near Woodbridge, Suffolk. [bmimages.com]

ge-fȳsan

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-fȳsan, wk.v: to make ready, cause to hasten.

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on pride (on-mēdla). Read it on Patreon.

nihte-gala

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Hana Videen

nihte-gala, m.n: a nightingale. (NIH’h’teh-GAH-la)

A nightingale in the Worksop Bestiary. England, c. 1185. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 54r. [bestiary.ca]

set-gang

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

set-gang, m.n: setting of the sun. (SET-gahng)

be-frinan

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

be-frinan, str.v: to ask, inquire, learn. (beh-FRIN-ahn)

Isagoge Johannitii in Tegni Galeni (Articella). England (Oxford), 13th century. National Library of Medicine, DeRicci NLM 78, f. 61r. [nlm.nih.gov]

fen-friþu

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

fen-friþu, f.n: fen-refuge, wetland-asylum. (FEN-FRITH-uh)

teld

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

teld, n.n: a tent, pavilion. (TELD)

La Quête du Saint Graal. Italy (Milan), 1380-1385. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 343, f. 31v. [gallica.bnf.fr]

on-mēdla

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Hana Videen

on-mēdla, m.n: pride, glory, magnificence; pride, arrogance, presumption; courage, boldness. (on-MAID-la)

smēaþ

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

smēaþ, f.n: meditation. (SMAY-ath)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is the LeechMD Guide to Elf Enchantments. Read it on Patreon.

Meditations of St Anselm. England, 12th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 2. 6. [commons.wikimedia.org]

ælf-siden

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

ælf-siden, f.n: influence or enchantment of elves, referring to an affliction of uncertain identity thought to be caused by supernatural agency and attended by fever. (ALF-sih-den)

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