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fūl-stincende

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Hana Videen

fūl-stincende, adj: foul-smelling, stinking. (FOOL-STIN-chen-duh / ˈfuːl-ˌstɪn-tʃɛn-də)

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A bonnacon. Image from unknown source–please comment if you know it. [lazerhorse.org]
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ūht-wæcce

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Hana Videen

ūht-wæcce, f.n: a nightly vigil. (OO’HT-WAE-chuh / ˈuːxt-ˌwæ-tʃə)

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umbor

Posted on August 6, 2017 by Hana Videen

umbor, n.n: a child. (UM-bor / ˈʌm-bɔr)

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Mother with child holding onto three-wheeled walker, from a French Book of Hours (c. 1440). The Morgan Library and Museum, M.63, fol. 65r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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costnigend

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Hana Videen

costnigend, m.n: a tempter. (KOST-ni-yend / ˈkɔst-nɪ-jɛnd)

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mold-stōw

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Hana Videen

mold-stōw, f.n: a place on the earth, a site, or a place in the earth, a grave. (MOLD-STOW / ˈmɔld-ˌstoːw)

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crabba

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Hana Videen

crabba, m.n: a crab, crayfish; a sign of the zodiac, cancer. (KRA-ba / ˈkra-ba)

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The zodiac sign Cancer, from a 15th-century Arabic manuscript known as Kitab al-bulhan. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 133, f. 7r. [bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk]
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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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