fæþman

fæþman, wk.v: to embrace, enfold. (FATH-mahn)

Happy Hug A Medievalist Day!

Queen Pasiphae embracing the bull in Christine de Pizan’s L’Épître Othéa. France (Paris), c. 1410-c. 1414. London, British Library, Harley 4431, f. 116r. [bl.uk]

wyrt-weard

wyrt-weard, m.n: a gardener. (WURT-WAY-ard)

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‘Works of the month’ for March: men pruning, tying up, and planting vines. Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Fécamp, c. 1185. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KW 76 F 13, f. 3v. [kb.nl]