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līf-getwinnan

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Hana Videen

līf-getwinnan, pl.m.n: twins. (LEEV-yeh-TWIN-on / ˈliːv-jɛ-ˌtwɪ-nan)

Hear about horn-fish in this week’s Wordhord Wednesday post. Listen to me read from the Old English poem Andreas on Patreon.

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bula

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Hana Videen

bula, m.n: a bull. (BUH-la / ˈbʌ-la)

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ramm

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Hana Videen

ramm, m.n: a ram (Aries); an instrument for pounding or battering. (RAHM / ˈram)

bedford hours 3r
The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Additional MS 18850, f. 3r. [bl.uk]
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fisc

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Hana Videen

fisc, m.n: fish; any animal that lives exclusively in the water. (FISH / ˈfɪʃ)

Collection of astronomical and astrological treatises. France, Central (Fleury), c. 990-c. 1000. British Library, Harley MS 2506, f. 36v. [bl.uk]
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wæter-berend

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Hana Videen

wæter-berend, m.n: a water-bearer. (WAE-ter-BEH-rend / ˈwæ-tɛr-ˌbɛ-rɛnd)

0729 waeterberend
The Bedford Hours. France (Paris), c. 1410-1430. British Library, Add MS 18850, f. 1r. [bl.uk]
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stān-bucca

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Hana Videen

stān-bucca, m.n: a mountain goat. (STAHN-BUH-ka / ˈstaːn-ˌbʌ-ka)

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strǣl-bora

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Hana Videen

strǣl-bora, m.n: an archer. (STRAEL-BOR-ah / ˈstɹæːl-ˌbɔ-ɹa)

Joseph Kara’s festival prayer book. S Germany (area of Lake Constance), c. 1322. British Library, MS Additional 22413, f. 141v. [bl.uk]

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þrowend

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Hana Videen

þrowend, m.n: scorpion; martyr; Thrond (member of a people in northern Norway). (THRO-wend / ˈθrɔ-wɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the double meaning of þrowend. Read it on Patreon.

Scorpio in a 13th-century Psalter. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.4, f. vi verso. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]
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heolor-bledu

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Hana Videen

heolor-bledu, f.n: the scale of a balance. (HEH-ol-or-BLEH-duh / ˈhɛɔ-lɔr-ˌblɛ-dʌ)

0725 heolorbledu
Libra as a man holding balancing scales in a 13th-century Psalter. Cambridge, Trinity College Library, MS B.11.4, f. v recto. [trin-sites-pub.trin.cam.ac.uk]
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mægþ

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Hana Videen

mægþ, f.n: a maid, virgin, girl, maiden, woman (almost confined to poetry). (MAITH / ˈmæjθ)

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