fīfalde, f.n: another word for butterfly. (FEE-vald-eh)
See also buter-flēge.
Romance of Alexander in French verse, from the workshop of Jehan de Grise. Flemish (Bruges?), 1338-1344. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodl. 264, f. 67r. [image.ox.ac.uk]
buter-flēge, f.n: a butterfly. (BUH-ter-FLAY-yeh)
Butterfly in a Book of Hours. France (Provence), c. 1440-1450. New York, Morgan Library, MS M.358, f. 111r. [ica.themorgan.org]
sǣl-wang, m.n: a fertile plain, plain. (SAL-wang)
lēaf-helmig, adj: having a leafy top. [LAY-ahv-HEL-miγ]
Historia plantarum. Italy (Milan), c. 1395-1400. Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense, MS 459, p. 212, via World Digital Library. [wdl.org]
ge-beterung, f.n: an amending, bettering, making better. [yeh-BEH-teh-rung]
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hām-sīþ, m.n: a journey home. [HAHM-seeth]
hūs, n.n: building, house; temporary shelter; room. (HOOS / ˈhuːs)
wind-rǣs, m.n: a storm of wind. [WIND-ræss]
pleg-hūs, n.n: a play-house, theatre. [PLAY-hoos]
flǣsc-hord, n.n: ‘flesh-hoard’, the body. (FLASH-HORD / ˈflæːʃ-ˌhɔrd)
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