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gemōt-stede

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

gemōt-stede, m.n: a meeting-place. (yeh-MOAT-sted-eh)

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sige-bīme

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

sige-bīme, f.n: a trumpet which is sounded after victory. (SI-yeh-BEE-meh)

The Ashridge Petrus Comestor. S. England (London?), between 1283 and 1300. London, British Library, Royal 3 D VI, f. 234r. [bl.uk]
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hrēþ-ēadig

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

hrēþ-ēadig, adj: glorious. (HRAITH-AY-ah-dee)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about Waldere and Hildegyth, lovers on the run. Read it on Patreon.

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edwīt-scype

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

edwīt-scype, m.n: cowardice. (ED-weet-SHUP-eh)

A lion cowers before a cockerel in a 13th-century bestiary produced in York. Oxford, St John’s College, MS 61. [sjc.ox.ac.uk]
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setl-gang

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

setl-gang, m.n: setting of the heavenly bodies (generally of the sun), marking time (sunset) or place (the west). (SEH-til-GONG)

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hūsel-gang

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

hūsel-gang, m.n: partaking of the sacrament; receiving of the Eucharist, Communion. (HOO-zel-GONG)

Pontifical of Guilelmus Durandus, Use of Mende. France (S.?), between c. 1390 and 1402. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 24, f. 76. [bl.uk]

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on-gitan

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Hana Videen

on-gitan, str.v: to perceive (by seeing, hearing or feeling); to feel, be of opinion, judge; to know, hear of, find out; to recognize. (on-YIT-ahn)

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rōt

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

rōt, adj: glad, cheerful. (ROAT / ˈroːt)

St Omer Book of Hours. France, c. 1320. British Library, Add MS 36684, f. 3v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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hrēoh

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

hrēoh, adj: rough, fierce, savage, rough (of the weather, the sea, etc.); stormy, tempestuous, disturbed (of the mind). (HRAY-oh)

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sceaft

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

sceaft, m.n: creation, what is created, creature. (SHEH-oft / ˈʃɛaft)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the concept of nature in early medieval England. Read it on Patreon.

The first and second days of Creation. Picture Bible. France, c. 1244-1254. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.638, f. 1r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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