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wyrtig

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Hana Videen

wyrtig, adj: full of herbs. (WUR-tee)

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lēac-tūn

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Hana Videen

lēac-tūn, m.n: herb garden, kitchen garden. (LAY-ock-TOON / ˈleːak-ˌtuːn)

Carmina regia, Address of the City of Prato to Robert of Anjou. Italy (Tuscany), c. 1335. British Library, Royal MS 6 E IX, f. 15v. [bl.uk]
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ort-geard

Posted on April 28, 2019 by Hana Videen

ort-geard, m.n: orchard. (ORT-YEH-ard / ˈɔrt-ˌjɛard)

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cild

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Hana Videen

cild, n.n: child, infant. (CHILLD / ˈtʃɪld)

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

Children playing a board game in the margins of a breviary. France (Paris), c. 1320-1325. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig IX 2, f. 142. [blogs.getty.edu]

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mearc-land

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Hana Videen

mearc-land, n.n: a border-land, waste land lying outside the cultivated; a district, country, territory. (MAY-ark-lond)

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bēn-yrþ

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Hana Videen

bēn-yrþ, f.n: ploughed earth. (BAIN-urth)

William Langland’s Piers Plowman, 14th century. Cambridge, Trinity College R.3.14, f. 1v. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]

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ge-þylmōd

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Hana Videen

ge-þylmōd, adj: patient. (yeh-THULL-moad)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the spacious lands of heaven. Read it on Patreon.

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up-godu

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Hana Videen

up-godu, pl.n.n: the gods above. (UP-GOD-uh)

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bryten-grund

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Hana Videen

bryten-grund, m.n: spacious land, broad earth. (BRUH-ten-GRUND)

Pliny the Elder’s Historia naturalis. Italy (Rome), c. 1457-1458. London, British Library, MS Harley 2677, f. 1. [bl.uk]

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lamb

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Hana Videen

lamb, n.n: lamb. (LAHMB / ˈlamb)

From the hymn ‘At the Lamb’s high feast we sing’ in a glossed hymnal (Latin-Old English). England (Canterbury), mid-11th century. London, British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian D XII, f. 70v. [bl.uk] via [aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com]
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