worn-gehāt

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worn-gehāt, n.n: a promise of a numerous progeny. (WORN-yeh-HAHT / ˈwɔrn-jɛ-ˌhaːt)

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday I’ve recorded myself reading a passage of Christ II in Old English, which makes use of the wonderful word wīd-wegas. Listen on Patreon.

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Class in Bohemia, from a Latin manuscript. Bohemia, late 14th century. Wikimedia Commons. [commons.wikimedia.org]

snīwan

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snīwan, wk.v: to snow. (SNEE-wahn / ˈsniː-wan)

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Miniature of three sinners standing in a hell-mouth, being tormented by devils throwing ice and snow. Breviari d’Amor (Catalan prose version), by Matfré Ermengau of Béziers. E. Spain (Catalonia, Gerona?), last quarter of the 14th century. British Library, Yates Thompson 31, f. 170v. [bl.uk]