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]

wann-fȳr

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Hana Videen

wann-fȳr, n.n: lurid fire. (WAHN-fur)

sige-cwēn

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Hana Videen

sige-cwēn, f.n: victory-queen, victorious queen. (SIH-yuh-KWAIN / ˈsɪ-jə-ˌkweːn)

Penthesilia, queen of the Amazons, in an anonymous French translation of Boccaccio’s De claris mulieribus. France (Rouen), c. 1440. British Library, Royal 16 G V, f. 35v. [bl.uk]

folc-firen

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Hana Videen

folc-firen, f.n: a folk-crime, public crime. (FOLK-fir-en)

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bēo

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Hana Videen

bēo, f.n: a bee. (BAY-oh / ˈbeːɔ)

bee — The Maastricht Hours. Netherlands (Liège), 1st quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 148r. [bl.uk]

word-cwide

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

word-cwide, m.n: a saying, words; speech, language. (WORD-cwid-eh)

nunne

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

nunne, f.n: a nun. (NUN-nuh / ˈnʌn-nə)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Augustine’s arrival in England. Read it on Patreon.

nuns-literacies-ms-25_f61r_detail — Burnet Psalter. England, 15th century. Aberdeen University Library, MS 25, f. 61r. [abdn.ac.uk]