gyrstan-dæg

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

gyrstan-dæg, m.n: yesterday. (YUER-stahn-DAIE / ˈjyr-stan-ˌdæj)

hǣlu-tīd

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

hǣlu-tīd, f.n: a time of well-being, a happy time. (HA-lu-teed)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the spear-leek. Read it on Patreon.

fǣmne

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

fǣmne, f.n: a virgin, damsel, maid, woman. (FAM-neh)

0828 faemne

Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 63r. [bestiary.ca]

hēafod-wōþ

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

hēafod-wōþ, f.n: the voice (lit. head-sound). (HAY-ah-vod-WOATH)

sciccels

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

sciccels, m.n: a cloak, mantle. (SHIH-chells)

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The Luttrell Psalter. England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340. British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 156v. [bl.uk]

gār-lēac

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

gār-lēac, n.n: garlic. (GAR-LAY-ock / ˈgaːr-ˌleːak)

wīte-þēow

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

wīte-þēow, m.n: one condemned to slavery for crime, or from inability to pay the fines incurred from that crime; (figuratively) one in hell. (WEE-teh-THAY-oh)

esne-wyrhta

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

esne-wyrhta, m.n: a hireling, mercenary. (EZ-neh-WURH-ta)

0823 esne-wyrhta

Chroniques de France ou de St Denis (from 1270 to 1380). France (Paris), late 14th century (after 1380). British Library, Royal 20 C VII, f. 41v. [bl.uk]

wrenc-wīs

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

wrenc-wīs, adj: unjust, unrighteous. (WRENCH-WEES / ˈwɹɛntʃ-ˌwiːs)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the one victory-queen in Old English literature. Read and hear it on Patreon.

cōfincel

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Hana Videen

cōfincel, n.n: a hand-mill. (KO-vin-chull / ˈkoː-vɪn-tʃəl)

0821 cofincel — A hand-powered quern for grinding grain. Three Mills, London. Photo from Penn State University project Building Community: Medieval Technology & American History. [engr.psu.edu/mtah]