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geolca

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Hana Videen

geolca, m.n: yolk. (YEH-ol-ka / ˈjɛɔl-ka)

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geafel

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

geafel, m.n: fork. (YEH-ah-vel / ˈjɛa-vɛl)

A manuscript illustration shows two hairy brown devils forcing three naked humans into the flames in a giant beast's mouth. One of the sharp implements used to poke and prod the humans appears to be a long fork.
Breviari d’Amor. S France (Toulouse?), 1st quarter of 14th century. British Library, Royal MS 19 C I, f. 185v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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swīgen

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Hana Videen

swīgen, f.n: silence, refraining from speech. (SWEE-yen / ˈswiː-jɛn)

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blēd-hwæt

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Hana Videen

blēd-hwæt, adj: quick-growing(?); fruitful(?). (BLAYD-H’WAT / ˈbleːd-ˌhwæt)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the melting of sea-towers. Read it on Patreon.

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mere-torr

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Hana Videen

mere-torr, m.n: a tower formed by the sea (the walls formed by the waters of the Red Sea). (MEH-reh-TOR / ˈmɛ-ɹɛ-ˌtɔɹ)

A manuscript page shows many soldiers on horseback trapped in a towering wave of water. Their spears and the tops of their helmets still poke out the top of the wave.
Bible Pictures by William de Brailes; England, c. 1230; Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.106.11V. [art.thewalters.org]

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ful-lǣstan

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Hana Videen

ful-lǣstan, wk.v: to help, aid, support. (full-LAST-ahn / fʌl-ˈlæːst-an)

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bān-cofa

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Hana Videen

bān-cofa, m.n: bone-chamber, a kenning for the body. (BAHN-KOV-ah / ˈbaːn-ˌkɔ-va)

A man's body appears on a manuscript page. His bones are drawn on top of body. The man has a bemused expression. He is cross-eyed with a disproportionately large mouth.
Treatise on the human body. England, c.1292. Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 399, f. 20r. [iiif.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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hrēoh

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

hrēoh, adj: fierce, savage, rough (of the weather, the sea, etc.), stormy, tempestuous, disturbed (of the mind). (H’RAY-oh / ˈhɹeːɔh)

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lang-toh

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Hana Videen

lang-toh, adj: long-drawn, extensive. (LAHNG-toh / ˈlaŋ-ˌtɔh)

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wægn-gewǣde

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

wægn-gewǣde, n.n: a wagon-cloth, covering for a wagon. (WAYN-yeh-WA-duh / ˈwæjn-jɛ-ˌwæː-də)

A manuscript image shows a two-wheeled wagon pulled by a horse. Five women look out of the wagon from under a green wagon cover. The man leading the horse gestures to the two men riding horses behind the wagon.
Rudolf von Ems, Weltchronik. Zurich, c. 1300. St Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 302, f. 39r. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

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