eormen-grund

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

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

guma

guma, m.n: a man. (GUM-ah / ˈgʌ-ma)

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St Matthew in the Stockholm Codex Aureus. England (Canterbury?), mid-8th century. Stockholm, National Library of Sweden, MS A. 135, f. 9v. [wikipedia.org]