croc

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Hana Videen

croc, m.n: a crock, pitcher, water pot, flagon, small jug. [CROCK]

sunn-ganges

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-ganges, adv: in the direction of the sun’s movement, with the sun. [SUN-GONG-ess]

hweogul

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Hana Videen

hweogul, n.n: a wheel. [HWAY-oh-gull]

Fortune turns her wheel in Boethius’s Consolation de philosophie. Art by Coëtivy Master (Henri de Vulcop?). France (Paris), c. 1460-1470. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. 42, fol. 1v. [getty.edu]

dyderung

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Hana Videen

dyderung, f.n: an illusion, delusion, pretence. [DUD-eh-rung]

weorold-cræft

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Hana Videen

weorold-cræft, m.n: secular (non-religious) craft or art (world-craft). (WEH-oh-rold-KRAFT / ˈwɛɔ-rɔld-ˌkræft)

wæter-sēaþ

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

wæter-sēaþ, m.n: a water-pit, well, reservoir. [WÆ-ter-SAY-ath]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on sea-candles. Read it on Patreon.

Medieval water well at the Qala Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo by Urek Meniashvili on Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0. [commons.wikimedia.org]