hēah-dēor, n.n: a stag, deer. (HAY-ah-DAY-or)
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hēah-dēor
croc
croc, m.n: a crock, pitcher, water pot, flagon, small jug. [CROCK]
sunn-ganges
sunn-ganges, adv: in the direction of the sun’s movement, with the sun. [SUN-GONG-ess]
hweogul
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
dyderung, f.n: an illusion, delusion, pretence. [DUD-eh-rung]
weorold-cræft
weorold-cræft, m.n: secular (non-religious) craft or art (world-craft). (WEH-oh-rold-KRAFT / ˈwɛɔ-rɔld-ˌkræft)
wæter-sēaþ
wæter-sēaþ, m.n: a water-pit, well, reservoir. [WÆ-ter-SAY-ath]
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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]
wōl-gewinn
wōl-gewinn, n.n: a conflict where there is a great mortality. [WOL-yeh-WIN]
gærs-stapa
gærs-stapa, m.n: locust (grass-stepper). (GARZ-STAH-pa / ˈgærz-ˌsta-pa)
mere-candel
mere-candel, f.n: ‘sea-candle’, the sun. (MEH-ruh-KAHN-dell / ˈmɛ-rə-ˌkan-dɛl)
