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folc-cwēn

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Hana Videen

folc-cwēn, f.n: queen of a people. (FOLK-KWAIN)

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bremman

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Hana Videen

bremman, wk.v: to rage, roar. (BREM-mahn)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on teeth. Read it on Patreon.

Winged dragon from a bestiary. France (formerly Flanders), 1277-1300. Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, MS Ludwig XV 4 (83.MR.174), f. 94r. [getty.edu]
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betst-boren

Posted on August 6, 2019 by Hana Videen

betst-boren, n/adj: ‘best-born’, eldest. (BETST-BO-ren)

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wil-gifa

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Hana Videen

wil-gifa, m.n: a giver of what is desirable, a giver of good. (WILL-YIH-va)

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snȳtan

Posted on August 4, 2019 by Hana Videen

snȳtan, v: to clear the nose. (SNUE-tahn / ˈsnyː-tan)

In a bestiary, a stag sucking a snake out of its burrow with its nostrils. England, c. 1200-1210. London, British Library, Royal MS 12 C. xix, f. 23r. [bl.uk]
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þǣr-ymbūtan

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Hana Videen

þǣr-ymbūtan, adv: thereabouts. (THAR-um-BOO-tahn)

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gītsiend-ness

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Hana Videen

gītsiend-ness, f.n: avarice. (YEET-ze-yend-ness)

Demons of avarice, Somme le Roi. France, c. 1290-c. 1300. London, British Library, Add MS 28162, f. 9v. [bl.uk]
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cweorn-tēþ

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Hana Videen

cweorn-tēþ, m.n: molar teeth, grinders. (KWEH-orn-TAYTH)

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scīn-lāc

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Hana Videen

scīn-lāc, n.n: magic or necromancy that causes apparitions and delusions. (SHEEN-LAHK / ˈʃiːn-ˌlaːk)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on finger-apples. Read it on Patreon.

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ge-gada

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-gada, m.n: a fellow-traveller, a companion, associate. (yeh-GA-da)

Macclesfield Psalter. England (Norwich?), c. 1330-1340. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 1-2005, f. 53r. [essexvoicespast.com]
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