undern, m.n: the time between sunrise and midday, morning. (UN-dern / ˈʌn-dɛrn)
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mōnaþ-blōd
mōnaþ-blōd, n.n: menstruation, ‘month-blood’. [MO-nath-BLOD]
sniring
sniring, n: a sharp rock. [SNIR-ing]
nāwiht-fremmend
nāwiht-fremmend, m.n: one who does evil. [NAH-wiht-FREM-mend]
naca
naca, m.n: a boat, ship. (NAH-ka / ˈna-ka)
glōmung
glōmung, f.n: twilight, gloaming. [GLO-mung]
dracan blōd
dracan blōd, n.n: dragon’s blood, a pigment obtained from the dragon’s blood-tree. [DRA-kahn BLOD]
un-wemme
un-wemme, adj: spotless, without blemish or defect, uninjured; (moral sense) undefiled, pure, immaculate. [un-WEM-meh]
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mold-wyrm
mold-wyrm, m.n: an earthworm, a worm in the grave. [MOLD-WURM]
Two worms rising out of the soil in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 136r. [bestiary.ca]
Grēna-wīc
Grēna-wīc, n.n: a place name, Greenwich (near London); lit. ‘green dwelling-place’. [GRAY-na-weech]
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