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ful-sōþ

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Hana Videen

ful-sōþ, adv: full sooth, very truly. (FULL-SOATH / ˈfʌl-ˌsoːθ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘bale deeds’. Read it on my Patreon page.

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ge-þyld

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Hana Videen

ge-þyld, f.n: patience, resignation. (yeh-THUELD / jɛ-ˈθyld)

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bealu-dǣd

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Hana Videen

bealu-dǣd, f.n: an evil deed. (BEH-ah-luh-DAED / ˈbɛa-lʌ-ˌdæːd)

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wæfre

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Hana Videen

wæfre, adj: flickering, wavering, quivering; wavering, languishing; active, nimble. (WAE-vruh / ˈwæ-vrə)

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hrīðer-hēawere

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Hana Videen

hrīðer-hēawere, m.n: a butcher. (HREE-ther-HAY-ah-weh-ruh / ˈhriː-θɛr-ˌheːa-wɛ-rə)

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hrīðer

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Hana Videen

hrīðer, n.n: horned cattle, ox, cow, heifer. (HREE-ther / ˈhriː-θɛr)

0407 hrither
A grinning ox in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 47r. [bestiary.ca]
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be-tweonum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Hana Videen

be-tweonum, preposition: between, among, amid, in the midst. (beh-TWEH-oh-num / bɛ-ˈtwɛɔ-nʌm)

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cīding

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Hana Videen

cīding, f.n: a chiding, rebuke, reproving. (CHEE-ding / ˈtʃiː-dɪŋ)

Visit my Patreon page to read this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post, ‘Why the chiding, Scipio?’

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or-hlyte

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Hana Videen

or-hlyte, adj: having no share of, not participating in, free from, without. (or-HLUE-tuh / ɔr-ˈhly-tə)

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wǣfan

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Hana Videen

wǣfan, wk.v: to wrap up, to clothe. (WAE-vahn / ˈwæː-van)

0403 waefan
Scene in the Coronation Book of Charles V, king of France (r. 1364-1380). British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B VIII, ff. 35-80. [bl.uk]
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