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earh-faru

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Hana Videen

earh-faru, f.n: a flight of arrows. (EH-ar’h-FA-ruh / ˈɛarh-ˌfa-ɹʌ)

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Archers in the Luttrell Psalter (British Library, Add MS. 42130). England, N. (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340.
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gǣst-hālig

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Hana Videen

gǣst-hālig, adj: spirit-holy, holy in spirit. (GAEST-HA-lih / ˈgæːst-ˌhaː-lij)

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draca

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Hana Videen

draca, m.n: a dragon; a serpent (can sometimes indicate the Devil). (DRAH-ka / ˈdra-ka)

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Dragon and lion in the Macclesfield Psalter at The Fitzwilliam Museum. England (East Anglia), c. 1330.
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ān-stapa

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Hana Videen

ān-stapa, m.n: lone wanderer. (AHN-STAH-pa / ˈaːn-ˌsta-pa)

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Dorwit-ceaster

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Hana Videen

Dorwit-ceaster, f.n: Canterbury. (DOR-wit-CHEH-ah-stur / ˈdɔɹ-wɪt-ˌtʃɛa-stər)

Beginning of introduction to “The Knight’s Tale” in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Ellesmere Manuscript, c. 1400-1405. Image from The Huntington Library.

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weardian

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Hana Videen

weardian, wk.v: to guard, keep, defend; to act as guardian to, to rule. (WEH-ar-dih-ahn / ˈwɛar-dɪ-an)

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ærra līða

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Hana Videen

ærra līða, m.n: June (first līða). (AER-ra-LEE-tha / ˈæ-ra ˈliː-θa)

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From the British Library Medieval Manuscipts blog: Calendar pages for June in the Hours of Joanna of Castile. Bruges. Between 1496 and 1506. MS Additional 18852, ff. 6v-7.
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and-wrāþ

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Hana Videen

and-wrāþ, adj: hostile, antagonistic (towards something). (AND-WRAWTH / ˈand-ˌwraːθ)

Taymouth Hours. England, c. 1325-1340. British Library, Yates Thompson MS. 13, fol. 140v.

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ge-scēadan

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Hana Videen

ge-scēadan, str.v: to separate, distinguish, discern, decide. (yeh-SHAY-ah-dahn / jɛ-ˈʃeːa-dan)

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flæðe-camb

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Hana Videen

flæðe-camb, m.n: a weaver’s comb. (FLATH-uh-KAHMB / ˈflæ-θə-ˌkamb)

Giovanni Boccaccio’s “The famous women”. 15th century. Paris, Biblioteque Nationale, MS. Fr. 598, f. 70v.
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