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attor-coppa

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Hana Videen

attor-coppa, f.n: spider. (AHT-tor-KOP-pa / ˈat-tɔr-ˌkɔp-pa)

Today’s word is from Taart. The –coppa part is related to modE ‘cobweb’ or the obsolete ‘cop’. Learn more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 130r. [bestiary.ca]

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plūm-blǣd

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Hana Videen

plūm-blǣd, f.n: fruit of the plum-tree. (PLOOM-BLAD / ˈpluːm-ˌblæːd)

Today’s word is from Allison K. Learn more about Goldgifa Week and read today’s Wordhord Wednesday post about The Gifts of Men on Patreon.

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lactuca

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Hana Videen

lactuca, f.n: lettuce. (LAHK-tuh-kah / ˈlak-tʌ-ka)

Today’s word is from Allison K. Learn more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

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pise

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Hana Videen

pise, f.n: pea. (PIZ-uh / ˈpɪ-zə)

Today’s word is from Allison K. Learn more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves. Netherlands (Utrecht), c. 1440. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.917/945, f. 11r [themorgan.org]
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ār-gyfa

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Hana Videen

ār-gyfa, m.n: benefit-giver, giver of grace, bestower of gifts. (AHR-YUV-ah / ˈaːɹ-ˌjɝ-va)

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stealcung

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Hana Videen

stealcung, f.n: stalking, cautious walking. (STEH-al-kung / ˈstɛal-kʌŋ)

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ǣnlīc

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Hana Videen

ǣnlīc, adj: unique, peerless, incomparable. (ANN-leech / ˈæːn-liːtʃ)

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nīþ-draca

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Hana Videen

nīþ-draca, m.n: hate-dragon, a hostile or malicious dragon. (NEETH-DRAH-ka / ˈniːθ-ˌdra-ka)

St George in a Book of Hours. Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1390-1400. British Library, Sloane 2683, f. 14v. [bl.uk]
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eormen-grund

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Hana Videen

eormen-grund, m.n: the spacious earth, the wide world. (EH-or-men-GRUND / ˈɛɔɹ-mɛn-ˌgɹʌnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on an empress’s quest for nails. Read it on Patreon.

Psalter World Map, c. 1260. British Library, Add MS 28681, f. 9r. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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lācnung

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

lācnung, f.n: healing, cure, remedy, medicine. (LAHK-nung / ˈlaːk-nʌŋ)

Avicenna, Cannon medicinae, trans. Gerardus Cremonensis. Northern France (Paris), 3rd quarter of the 13th century. Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 0457, f. 51r. [bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr]
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