winter-lǣcan, wk.v: to draw near to winter. [WIN-ter-LÆ-kahn]
ungemet-ceald
ungemet-ceald, adj: excessively cold. [un-yeh-MET-CHE-ald]
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Keeping warm. Marginalia from a Book of Hours. N. France, (Saint-Omer or Thérouanne), c. 1318-1325. British Library, Add MS 36684, f. 2v. [bl.uk]
morgen-drenc
morgen-drenc, m.n: ‘morning-drink’, some sort of healing drink or potion. (MOR-gen-DRENCH / ˈmɔr-gɛn-ˌdrɛntʃ)
æl-fremd
æl-fremd, adj: strange, foreign. [ÆL-FREMD]
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ǣfen-scēop
ǣfen-scēop, m.n: an evening bard. [Æ-ven-SHAY-op]
saltian
saltian, wk.v: to dance. [SALT-ee-ahn]
Le Roman de la Rose, by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung. France, 14th century. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 19156, f. 6v. [gallica.bnf.fr]
oflǣt-hlāf
oflǣt-hlāf, m.n: a loaf of the bread used for the Eucharist. [OV-læt-HLOFF]
horheht
horheht, adj: full of phlegm, phlegmatic. [HOR-heht]
sceolh-īge
sceolh-īge, adj: cross-eyed, squinting. [SHEY-olh-EE-yeh]
a-drugian
a-drugian, wk.v: to dry. [ah-DRUG-ee-ahn]
The Smithfield Decretals. Southern France (probably Toulouse), c. 1300-c.1340. British Library, Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 167v. [bl.uk]
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