wæter-bucca

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

wæter-bucca, m.n: an aquatic insect, a water-spider. (WAT-er-BUCK-kah)

cnoll

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

cnoll, m.n: a knoll, hill-top, cop, summit. (K-NOLL)

The Human Ear complaining to a personification of Nature that she has given him no such protection as the Eye was given with eyebrows. Spiegel der Weisheit, by Ulrich von Pottenstein. W. Austria (Salzburg), c. 1430. British Library, Egerton 1121, f. 38r. [bl.uk]

dōm-ern

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

dōm-ern, n.n: a judgment-place, a courthouse. (DOME-ern)

hræd

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

hræd, adj: quick, swift, speedy, sudden, alert, rapid, prompt, active. (HRAD)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on deadly jaws. Read it on Patreon.

feorh-gōma

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

feorh-gōma, m.n: fatal or deadly jaws. (FAY-orh-GO-ma)

Crocodile eating a human, then a fish. Bestiary. England, c. 1225-1250. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 24r. [bestiary.ca]

wyrtwalian

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrtwalian, wk.v: to plant; to root up, eradicate. (WURT-WALL-ee-on)

gærs-cīþ

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

gærs-cīþ, m.n: a blade of grass. (GARZ-cheeth)

Nebuchadnezzar and an ox eating grass. Bible historiale, Guyart des Moulins. Central France (Paris and Clairefontaine), 1411. British Library, Royal 19 D III, f. 402r. [bl.uk]