rīp-tīma

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Hana Videen

rīp-tīma, m.n: harvest-time (‘reap-time’). (REEP-TEE-ma / ˈɹiːp-ˌtiː-ma)

Medieval manuscript illustration of king sitting on a cloud with a sickle and the same king using the sickle to harvest grain, which an angel is pointing to. — Harvest of the Earth in the Getty Apocalypse. England (London?), c. 1255-1260. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig III 1, f. 29r. [getty.edu]

sārig

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Hana Videen

sārig, adj: feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad; expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter. (SAH-rih / ˈsaː-ɹɪj)

wēþe

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

wēþe, adj: sweet, gentle, mild, pleasant. (WAY-theh / ˈweː-θɛ)

hlagol

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Hana Videen

hlagol, adj: apt to laugh. (H’LAH-goll / ˈhla-gɔl)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a donkey laughing and holding a book with its front hooves. — Saint-Josse-sur-Mer Abbey Psalter. France, 13th-14th century. Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 3, f. 6r. [initiale.irht.cnrs.fr]

wearg-berende

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Hana Videen

wearg-berende, adj: villainous, rascally. (WEH-arg-BEH-ren-deh / ˈwɛaɹg-ˌbɛ-ɹɛn-dɛ)

oster-hlāf

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Hana Videen

oster-hlāf, m.n: oyster-patty. (OST-er-HLAHF / ˈɔs-tɛɹ-ˌhlaːf)

Oyster in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der naturen bloeme. Netherlands (Utrecht), 14th century. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek KB KA 16, f. 108v. [commons.wikimedia.org]

gnæt

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

gnæt, m.n: gnat. (G’NAT / ˈgnæt)

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bōc-hord

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

bōc-hord, n/m.n: library, repository for books. (BOAK-HORD / ˈboːk-ˌhɔrd)

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Medieval manuscript image of a man with a halo writing in a book, with a cabinet of books behind him. — Codex Amiatinus. England, c. 700. Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS Amiatino 1. [wikipedia.org]

giwian

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

giwian, wk.v: to ask. (YIH-wih-yan / ˈjɪ-wɪ-an)

ge-frettan

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

ge-frettan, wk.v: to devour. (yeh-FRET-tahn / jɛ-ˈfɹɛt-tan)

Medieval manuscript image of a hungry griffin carrying off a horse in its talons. — Griffin in a bestiary. England, 1226–1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 11v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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