wīn-hūs

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Hana Videen

wīn-hūs, n.n: wine-house. (WEEN-HOOS)

*Roman d’Alexandre*. France (Tournai), 1338-1344. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, f. 94v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

sige-gealdor

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Hana Videen

sige-gealdor, n.n: a charm that gives victory. (SIH-yeh-YEH-all-dor)

gebed-giht

Posted on March 19, 2020 by Hana Videen

gebed-giht, f.n: bedtime. (yeh-BED-yih’t)

Prose *Roman d’Alexandre*. France (Paris), 1333-c. 1340. British Library, Royal MS 19 D I, f. 4v. [bl.uk]

smēga-wyrm

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Hana Videen

smēga-wyrm, m.n: a penetrating worm that makes its way into the flesh. (SMAY-ga-WUERM / ˈsmeː-ga-ˌwyrm)

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of-steppan

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Hana Videen

of-steppan, wk.v: to trample upon. (ov-STEP-pahn)

St Patrick tramples on a snake in Purgatory, in St Patrick’s Purgatory. England, 1451. British Library, Royal MS 17 B XLIII, f. 132v. [blogs.bl.uk]

hūru

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Hana Videen

hūru, adv: at least, at all events, at any rate, in any case, however, even, yet, only, indeed, certainly, especially. (HOO-ruh)

hwurfling

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Hana Videen

hwurfling, m.n: that which turns. (h’WURV-ling)

onettan

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Hana Videen

onettan, wk.v: to hasten, move rapidly. (oh-NET-tahn)

Verdun Breviary. France (Metz), c. 1302-1305. Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, f. 8r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

ellen-grāfa

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Hana Videen

ellen-grāfa, m.n: a grove of elder trees. (EL-len-GRAH-vah)

rōf

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Hana Videen

rōf, adj: valiant, stout, strong (used only in poetry). (ROAF / ˈroːf)

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