sælmerige

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Hana Videen

sælmerige, f.n: brine. [SÆL-MEH-ri-yeh]

A container of olives in pickling brine. De materia medica. Turkey (Istanbul), mid-10th century. New York, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.652, fol. 226r. [ica.themorgan.org]

firen-cræft

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Hana Videen

firen-cræft, m.n: a sinful craft, wickedness. [FIR-en-KRÆFT]

toren-īge

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Hana Videen

toren-īge, adj: blear-eyed. [TOR-en-EE-yeh]

druncen-georn

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Hana Videen

druncen-georn, adj: drunk (drink-eager). (DRUNK-en-YEH-orn / ˈdrʌnk-ɛn-ˌjɛɔrn)

Monk_tasting_wine_from_a_barrel — A monk-cellarer tasting wine from a barrel while filling a jug. *Li Livres dou Santé*, by Aldobrandino of Siena. France, late 13th century. [commons.wikimedia.org]

ǣrend-spræc

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Hana Videen

ǣrend-spræc, f.n: a verbal message. [ÆR-end-SPRÆK]

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on birds, riddles and cryptograms. Read it on Patreon.

higera

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Hana Videen

higera, f.n: a magpie or a woodpecker. [HIH-yeh-ra]

A magpie from a 13th-century English bestiary. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, f. 76r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]

sunn-feld

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hana Videen

sunn-feld, m.n: Elysium (the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology; paradise). [SUN-feld]

þanc-snotor

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Hana Videen

þanc-snotor, adj: wise in thought. [THONK-SNAW-tor]

cēas-lunger

Posted on March 3, 2018 by Hana Videen

cēas-lunger, adj: quick to quarrel, contentious. [CHAY-ahs-lun-yer]

heofon-wōma

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Hana Videen

heofon-wōma, m.n: a heavenly sound, the sound heard at the day of judgment. [HAY-oh-von-WOH-ma]

The Escorial Beatus (Escorial, Biblioteca Monasterio, Cod. & II. 5, p. 20), a 10th-century illuminated manuscript of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Liébana. [arachne.uni-koeln.de]

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