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luf-tācen

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Hana Videen

luf-tācen, n.n: token of love. (LUV-TAHK-en)

John Gower’s Confessio amantis. England (London?), c. 1470. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.126, f. 8v. [ica.themorgan.org]
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steor-wigle

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Hana Videen

steor-wigle, n.n: prognostication by the stars, astrology. (STEH-or-WE-leh)

Jonicus in Weltchronik. Germany (Regensburg, Bavaria), c. 1400-1410. The J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. 33, f. 12r. [blogs.getty.edu]

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mearc

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Hana Videen

mearc, f.n: limit, term (of time); limit, boundary (of place). (MEH-ark)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on bloody battle birds. Read it on Patreon.

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nēo-fugol

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Hana Videen

nēo-fugol, m.n: bird that feeds on carrion (such as a vulture or crow). (NAY-oh-FUH-goll)

Vultures in the Ashmole Bestiary. England (Peterborough?), early 13th century. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, f. 56r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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ǣr-wēla

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Hana Videen

ǣr-wēla, m.n: ancient wealth. (AAR-WAY-la)

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mynet-slege

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Hana Videen

mynet-slege, m.n: striking of coin, minting, coining. (MUH-net-SLEH-yeh)

Silver-gilt penny of Cuthred of Kent, probably minted in Canterbury between 798 and 807. Portable Antiquities Scheme via Wikimedia Commons. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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aldor-bana

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Hana Videen

aldor-bana, m.n: a destroyer of life. (AL-dor-BA-na)

A manticore in a bestiary. England, c. 1226-1250. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 25r. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]
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gristel

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Hana Videen

gristel, m.n: gristle. (GRIS-tell)

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gram-hȳdig

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Hana Videen

gram-hȳdig, adj: having hostile thought or purpose; fierce, hostile. (GRAHM-huh-dee)

Smithfield Decretals. S. France (probably Toulouse), c. 1300-1340. British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 107r. [bl.uk]
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lang-wyrpe

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Hana Videen

lang-wyrpe, adj: oblong. (LAHNG-wurp-eh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on mules and tailors — more complicated than they first may SEAM. Read it on Patreon.

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