cū-meoluc

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Hana Videen

cū-meoluc, f.n: cow’s milk. (KOO-MEH-o-luk / ˈkuː-ˌmɛɔ-lʌk)

Trivulzio Book of Hours. Flanders, c. 1470. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, SMC 1, fol. 110v. [discardingimages.tumblr.com]

un-arodscipe

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Hana Videen

un-arodscipe, m.n: inactivity, spiritlessness. [oon-AH-road-ship-eh]

swān-steorra

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Hana Videen

swān-steorra, m.n: the herd’s star, the evening star. [SWAN-STAY-or-rah]

chor-glēow

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Hana Videen

chor-glēow, n.n: a musical dance, dance. [KHOR-GLAY-oh]

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Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. France (Paris), c. 1320-c. 1340. British Library, Royal MS 19 B XIII, f. 10v. [bl.uk]

wōlness

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Hana Videen

wōlness, f.n: pest, pestilence, plague. [WOL-ness]

medu-drinc

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Hana Videen

medu-drinc, m.n: mead-drinking. (MEH-duh-DRINCH / ˈmɛ-dʌ-ˌdɹɪntʃ)

Mead, an alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water, appears frequently in Old English literature.

winter-gerīm

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Hana Videen

winter-gerīm, n.n: numbering by years; a number of years. [WIN-ter-yeh-REEM]

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday: morning-terror, a cautionary tale about drinking. Read it on Patreon.

ā-pluccian

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Hana Videen

ā-pluccian, wk.v: to pluck off. [AH-PLUCK-chee-on]

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Marginalia in Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun. France, 14th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Français 25526, f. 160r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

morgen-colla

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Hana Videen

morgen-colla, m.n: ‘morning-dread’, ‘morning-rage’. (MOR-gen-KOLL-ah / ˈmɔr-gɛn-ˌkɔl-la)

ȳþ-lād

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Hana Videen

ȳþ-lād, f.n: ocean (wave-path). (UETH-LAWD / ˈyːθ-ˌlaːd)