ā-wiht

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

ā-wiht, n.n/pronoun: aught, anything. (ah-WI’HT / aː-ˈwɪht)

wyrm-basu

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrm-basu, adj: scarlet. (WURM-BAH-zuh / ˈwɝɹm-ˌba-zʌ)

Fieschi Psalter. Cambrai, c. 1290-1295. Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.45, f. 256v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

hlēor

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

hlēor, n.n: a cheek, face. (HLAY-or)

cualme-stōw

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

cualme-stōw, f.n: a place of burial. (KWAL-meh-STOH)

Book of Hours. France, c. 1480. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.136, f. 119r. [ica.themorgan.org]

Windles-ōra

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

Windles-ōra, m.n: Windsor. (WIND-less-OH-ra)

hearga

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Hana Videen

hearga, m.n: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar; a temple, fane; an idol. (HAY-ar-ga)

Antiochus IV, crowned, with joined hands raised, kneels with two men, partially visible, before draped altar on which sits horned idol. Abrégé des histoires divines. France (possibly Amiens), between 1300 and 1310. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.751, f. 29v. [ica.themorgan.org]