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niht

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Hana Videen

niht, f.n: night (as opposed to day); night, darkness (as opposed to light); a unit of measurement (instead of counting days). (NI’HT / ˈnɪxt)

Medieval manuscript illustration of the moon against a night sky; the moon a solemn, human-like face in dark blue off-centre against a lighter-coloured circle.
Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, c. 1450-1470; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, f. 49v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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word-sāwere

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Hana Videen

word-sāwere, m.n: word-sower. (WORD-SAH-weh-ruh / ˈwɔrd-ˌsaː-wɛ-rə)

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mere-fisc

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

mere-fisc, m.n: sea-fish. (MEH-ruh-FISH / ˈmɛ-rə-ˌfɪʃ)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two fish facing away from each other, their bodies mostly vertical but with their tails inclined closer together; a triangle-shaped block of text separates them.
Fish depicted in a 13th-century grammar text; Worcester Cathedral Library, F99, f. 71v. [worcestercathedrallibrary.wordpress.com]
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elehtre

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Hana Videen

elehtre, f.n: the plant lupine. (EL-eh-h’truh / ˈɛ-lɛx-trə)

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tord

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Hana Videen

tord, n.n: turd, dung. (TORD / ˈtɔrd)

Medieval manuscript image of a creature resembling a horse with jagged antlers excreting four balls of dung.
Bonnacon (illustrations of these critters never get old) from Der Naturen Bloeme; NW Flanders, c. 1287; Lippische Landesbibliothek, Ms. 70, f. 181r. [bestiary.ca]
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swelce

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Hana Videen

swelce, adv: as, like. (SWELL-chuh / ˈswɛl-tʃə)

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grāp

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

grāp, f.n: grasp, grip. (GRAWP / ˈgraːp)

A historiated initial in a medieval manuscript depicting a nun raising her right hand before her and gripping a Latin text band that curves around her in her left hand.
“Guda, a sinner, wrote and painted this book”, a self-portrait of the illuminator in a homiliary; Germany, 12th century; Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt, Ms. Barth. 42, f. 110v. [wikipedia.org]
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ǣfen

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Hana Videen

ǣfen, m.n: evening. (AV-en / ˈæː-vɛn)

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weþer

Posted on August 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

weþer, m.n: ram. (WEH-ther / ˈwɛ-θɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of a blue ram with curly horns.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 21r. [abdn.ac.uk]
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wulf-heort

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Hana Videen

wulf-heort, adj: wolf-hearted, cruel. (WULF-HEH-ort / ˈwʌlf-ˌhɛɔrt)

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