sealf, f.n: salve, ointment. [SAY-alf]
From an Anglo-Norman translation of the Chirurgia Practica of Roger of Salerno. Early 13th century. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS O.1.20, f. 272r. [trin.cam.ac.uk]
sealf
fǣr-cȳle
fǣr-cȳle, m.n: a terrible coldness, extreme cold. [FÆR-kill-eh]
īs-mere
īs-mere, m.n: a mere covered with ice. [EEZ-MEH-reh]
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Boethius’s ice-mere. Read it on Patreon.
cucurbite
cucurbite, f.n: a gourd. [KUH-kur-bit-eh]
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Please comment if you have more info on this image. [oldfoodways.info]
gicel
gicel, m.n: an icicle. [YICH-ell]
ellen-cræft
ellen-cræft, m.n: strength, power. [EL-len-KRÆFT]
weder-blāc
weder-blāc, adj: weather-pale, pale from exposure to weather (?). [WED-er-BLAWK]
māl-sweord
māl-sweord, n.n: a sword with inlaid ornament. [MALL-SWEH-ord]
Viking sword, 800-900; pattern-welded iron inlaid with silver wire. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Neil R (@IslesPunkFan), 2010: CC BY-NC 2.0. [flickr.com]
æl-ceald
æl-ceald, adj: all cold, most cold. [ÆL-CHEH-ald]
singan
singan, str.v: to sing, recite, relate musically or in verse; to compose verse, narrate; to sing about, recite or compose a poem about something. (SING-gahn / ˈsɪŋ-gan)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is ‘the wonderful wave-roamer’. Read/hear it on Patreon.
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