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wīf-līc

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

wīf-līc, adj: female, womanly, feminine. (WEEV-leech)

Today’s word is from goldgifa Michelle L. Find out more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

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ār

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ār, f.n: honour, glory, rank, dignity, magnificence, respect, reverence; kindness, favour, mercy, pity, benefit, use, help. (AHR)

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suhter-fæderan

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Hana Videen

suhter-fæderan, pl.m.n: uncle and nephew. (SUH’h-ter-FAD-er-ahn)

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mere-næddra

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

mere-næddra, m/f.n: a ‘sea-adder’, a lamprey. (MEH-reh-NAD-dra)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about a ship chase. Read it on Patreon.

Lamprey fishing in the Theatrum Sanitatis, 14th century. Rome, Library Casanatense, Ms. 4182. [medievalists.net]
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ge-byrman

Posted on June 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-byrman, wk.v: to leaven; to ferment (a drink); figuratively, to swell up, puff up (with power, pride). (yeh-BUR-mahn / jɛ-ˈbɝr-man)

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hā-sæta

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

hā-sæta, m.n: a rower. (HA-SÆ-tah)

Pontifical of Guillaume Durand. France (Avignon), before 1390. Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 143, f. 77v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

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lof-georn

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

lof-georn, adj: desirous of praise; (in good sense) eager to deserve praise; (in a bad sense) ostentatious, boastful. (LOV-YEH-orn / ˈlɔv-ˌjɛɔrn)

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slāpol

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

slāpol, adj: addicted to sleep, somnolent. (SLAH-poll)

Seven Sleepers in Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor. England, later 1230s or early 1240s. Cambridge University Digital Library, MS Ee.3.59, f. 25v. [cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk]
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stal-gang

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

stal-gang, m.n: a stealthy step. (STALL-gahng)

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cū-tægel

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hana Videen

cū-tægel, m.n: a cow’s tail. (KOO-TA-yell / ˈkuː-ˌtæ-jɛl)

Bestiary. England, 13th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, f. 41v. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]

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