befōran-cweðan

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befōran-cweðan, wk.v: to foretell. (beh-VOR-on-KWAY-thon)

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

Sibylla Phrygia, who foretold Christ’s crucifixion. Sibyllae et prophetae de Christo Salvatore vaticinantes (The Sibyls and Prophets Foretelling Christ the Saviour). France (Tours), 1490-1500. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Cod.icon. 414, f. 12v.
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up-gang

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up-gang, m.n: up-gang, m.n: a going up, rising of a heavenly body; a going up to land from sea; a going up from the coast inland; a way of going up. (UP-gong)


Alexander the Great in a cage, being carried aloft by griffins in Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre. France (Paris), c. 1420. London, British Library, Royal 20 B XX, f. 76v. [bl.uk]