a-cennan

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a-cennan, wk.v: to bring forth, produce, beget, renew. (ah-CHEH-nahn / a-ˈtʃɛ-nan)

Crist wæs acennyd. Christ was born.

Nativity scene from the Stowe Breviary. England, E. (Norwich), between 1322 and 1325. British Library, Stowe 12, f. 16v. [bl.uk]

ilfette

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ilfette, f.n: another word for swan. (ILL-veh-tuh / ˈɪl-vɛ-tə)

If you missed it, see the Exeter Book “swan” riddle on Dēor-hord, a medieval and modern bestiary.

A long-necked white swan. Jacob van Maerlant’s Der naturen bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 79v. [manuscripts.kb.nl]

wæd

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wæd, n.n: ford, shallow water, water that may be traversed; (poetic) a body of water, sea. (WAED / ˈwæd)

water
A boy, having been pushed off London Bridge by cattle, is rescued by rivermen on the Thames. John Lydgate’s Lives of Saints Edmund and Fremund. England (Bury St Edmunds?), between 1461 and c. 1475. British Library, MS Yates Thompson 47, f. 94v. [bl.uk]

wæccer

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wæccer, adj: vigilant, watchful. (WAE-cher / ˈwæ-tʃɛr)

Persian and Indian soldiers build wooden towers on the back of elephants and fight from there. Bestiary of Ann Walsh. England, 15th century. Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4º, f. 6v. [bestiary.ca]