cnocian, wk.v: to knock. (K’-NOCK-ee-ahn)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on silent k. Read it on Patreon.
regnig
regnig, adj: rainy. (RAIN-eeγ)
Inferno, Canto VI, in Dante’s Divine Comedy. Northern Italy (Genoa?), third quarter of 14th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9. [bodley.ox.ac.uk]
ǣ-swīca
ǣ-swīca, m.n: an offender of the law, a deceiver, hypocrite, apostate. (AA-zwee-ka)
solian
solian, wk.v: to make or to become foul. (SOLL-ee-on)
A page which bears the scars of vigorous scraping, which have become ingrained with dirt over the years. Bible, Central France (Tours), 1st half of the 9th century. British Library, Harley MS 2805, f. 149r. [blogs.bl.uk]
frum-sceaft
frum-sceaft, f.n: the first creation, the creation, beginning, origin, original state or condition; a created being, creature. (FRUM-shay-aft)
wyrt-brǣþ
wyrt-brǣþ, m.n: a perfume from plants, an odour, aroma. (WURT-brath)
blōd-seax
blōd-seax, n.n: a blood-knife, a lancet. (BLOAD-say-aks)
Surgeon removes ‘fungus’ (possibly a polyp) from patient’s nose in a 12th-century medical miscellany. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 1462, f. 10r. The MacKinney Collection of Medieval Medical Illustrations. [dc.lib.unc.edu]
swegel-wundor
swegel-wundor, n.n: a heavenly wonder, a wondrous sound. (SWAY-yell-WUN-dor)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on St Guthlac and his musical death. Read it on Patreon.
folc-cwide
folc-cwide, m.n: a popular saying. (FOLK-kwid-eh)
land-būend
land-būend, m.n: a cultivator of the land, husbandman; an inhabitant of a country, a native, a dweller on earth. (LOND-boo-end)
Luttrell Psalter. N. England, 1325-1335. British Library, Add. MS 42130, f. 171r. [bl.uk]
