frox

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

frox, m.n: a frog. (FROKS)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on medieval frogs. Read it on Patreon.

Institutes of Justinian. France, 15th century. Montpellier, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section Médecine, H 418, f. 23v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

enge

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

enge, adj: narrow, anxious. (EN-yeh)

wyrt-geard

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

wyrt-geard, m.n: kitchen garden. (WUERT-YEH-ard / ˈwyrt-ˌjɛard)

mēdren

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

mēdren, adj: maternal, (of lineage) on the mother’s side. (MAY-dren)

Book of Hours. France (Angers or Nantes), c. 1440. New York, Morgan Library, MS. M.63, f. 65r. [ica.themorgan.org]

steding-līne

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

steding-līne, f.n: a rope that supports a mast, a stay. (STEH-ding-LEE-neh)

met-cund

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

met-cund, adj: metrical. (MET-KUND)

cū-cealf

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

cū-cealf, n.n: a cow’s calf. (KOO-CHEH-alf / ˈkuː-ˌtʃɛalf)

0510 cucealf — The Ashmole Bestiary. England (Peterborough?), early 13th century. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1511, f. 30v. [bestiary.ca]

wind-sele

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

wind-sele, m.n: a windy hall. (WIND-sell-eh)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is about butterflies. Read it on Patreon.

un-gedēfe

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

un-gedēfe, adj: troublesome, disagreeable. (un-yeh-DAY-veh)

þancol

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

þancol, adj: addicted to thought, acute. (THAN-kol)

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