weol-dēaþ, m.n: a violent death. (WAY-ol-DAY-ath)
Evil Merodach cutting his father’s body into 300 pieces. Speculum humanae salvationis. France, 1462. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 245, f. 145r. [numelyo.bm-lyon.fr]
weol-dēaþ
niht-scūa
niht-scūa, m.n: the darkness, shades of night. (NI’HT-SHOO-ah)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on”shelter-feathers” and an annoying story from Genesis. Read it on Patreon.
hlēow-feðer
hlēow-feðer, f.n: a sheltering wing. (HLAY-oh-FETH-er)
Turtledove from the Bestiary of Ann Walsh. England, 15th century. Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, f. 44r. [bestiary.ca]
pleg-stōw
pleg-stōw, f.n: a place for play, a gymnasium, wrestling-place, amphitheatre. (PLAY-stoh)
fēðe-gang
fēðe-gang, m.n: a foot-journey. (FAITH-eh-GAHNG)
Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni). Italy (Siena or Cortona), c. 1433–1435. Maitland F. Griggs Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]
wrenc
wrenc, m.n: a trick, artifice, wile, stratagem; a modulation of the voice. (WRENCH / ˈwɹɛntʃ)
cnucel
cnucel, m.n: a knuckle, joint. (K’NUCK’ell)
rǣran
rǣran, wk.v: to cause to rise, to rear, raise; to lift up, move from a lower to a higher position; to set up, establish; to give rise to, excite; to exalt. (RA-rahn)
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Judas Maccabeus besieging the Acra. Alba Bible. Spain, 1433. [commons.wikimedia.org]
þrēat
þrēat, m.n: a troop, band, crowd, body of people, swarm, press, throng. (THRAY-aht)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday is ‘elevenfold and a flood-spewing apocalyptic dragon’. Read it on Patreon.
mynster-gang
mynster-gang, m.n: going into a monastery, entering on a monastic life. (MUN-ster-GONG)
Vitae patrum. Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375. New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 134r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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