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]

mǣg-lagu

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

mǣg-lagu, f.n: law regulating the duties and responsibilities of kinsmen, e.g. in the matter of paying or receiving certain parts of the wergild (‘man price’) if one of their number slew or was slain. (MAG-lah-goo)

gorst-bēam

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

gorst-bēam, m.n: a bramble. (GORST-BAY-ahm)

Bramble in the Vienna Dioscurides. Constantinople (Byzantine Empire), c. 515. Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, f. 83r. [commons.wikimedia.org]

ge-neahhe

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

ge-neahhe, adv: enough, sufficiently, abundantly, frequently, very much, earnestly, instantly. (yeh-NAY-ah-heh)

regol

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

regol, m.n: a rule; pattern, standard, norm; a canon, prescript; the body of rules which guide a particular order of ecclesiastics. (REH-gol)

St Benedict handing his disciple St Maurus his Rule. Nîmes, 1129. British Library, Add MS 16979, f. 21v. [bl.uk]

bēcniendlīce

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

bēcniendlīce, adv: allegorically or by parable. (BAKE-ni-end-LEE-cheh)

fēa

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

fēa, m.n: joy. (FAY-ah / ˈfeːa)

98dfb9a2ee798b9b5a54776ef37cd071 — Flemish Romance of Alexander. Tournai, 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, pt. I, f. 78r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]

wræc-lāst

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

wræc-lāst, m.n: the track of an exile. (WRACK-lost)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about the medicinal properties of dog drool and other medieval hund facts. Read it on Patreon.

cirio-mangung

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

cirio-mangung, f.n: church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony. (CHIR-ee-oh-MAHN-gung)

A bishop accused of simony by two fornicators. Miniature on a cutting from a leaf from Gratian’s Decretum (Causa VI), attributed to an artist of the Milemete group. 67 × 66 mm. England, c. 1320-1330. Apparently stolen: if you see (or have seen) it, please contact info@samfogg.com. [mssprovenance.blogspot.com]