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grēne

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Hana Videen

grēne, adj: green. (GRAY-nuh / ˈgɹeː-nə)

green
Marginal dragon from image of St Catherine of Alexandria. Taddeo Crivelli. Italy, latter half of 15th century. Getty Museum, MS Ludwig IX 13, fol. 187v. Source: Getty Museum.
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dun

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Hana Videen

dun, adj: dun, brown or black coloured, dark. (DUN / ˈdʌn)

Medieval manuscript image of a boar wearing spectacles, seated before a distaff on a stand, holding the cord to a spindle with its foot.
Book of Hours. Belgium, possibly Brussels, c. 1475. Morgan Library, MS M.485 fol. 165v. Source: Morgan Library.
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hǣwen

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Hana Videen

hǣwen, adj: blue, azure, purple, discoloured. (HAE-wen / ˈhæː-wɛn)

cranes
The Medieval Bestiary: “When cranes have to sleep, one of them stands guard with a stone clutched in a claw; if the guard falls asleep the stone will fall and wake him.” Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764, fol. 62r. Source: The Medieval Bestiary.

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hasu

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Hana Videen

hasu, adj: grey, ash-coloured, tawny. (HA-zuh / ˈha-zʌ)

tawny
Marginal detail in Book of Hours. Belgium, c. 1470. Morgan Library, MS M.152 fol. 69r. Source: Morgan Library.
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grǣg

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Hana Videen

grǣg, adj: grey. (GRAIE / ˈgɹæːj)

unicorn
A grey unicorn from the Luttrell Psalter. Manuscript made in Lincolnshire, England, between 1320-1340 for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell. British Library, Add. MS 42130, fol. 15r. Source: British Library.
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gylden

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Hana Videen

gylden, adj: golden. (YUEL-den / ˈjyl-dɛn)

Evangéliaire. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 9453, fol. 45v. Source: gallica.bnf.fr.
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geolo

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Hana Videen

geolo, adj: yellow. (YEH-aw-law / ˈjɛɔ-lɔ)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, NAL 1871, fol. 2v. Source: gallica.bnf.fr.
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rēod

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Hana Videen

rēod, adj: red. (RAY-odd / ˈɹeːɔd)

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 16746, fol. 2v. Source: gallica.bnf.fr.
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hiw

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Hana Videen

hiw, n.n: shape, make, form, fashion, species, kind, appearance, symbol, hue, colour, beauty. (HIW / ˈhɪw)

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un-snytro

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Hana Videen

un-snytro, f.n: folly, ‘un-wisdom’. (UN-SNUH-troh / ˈʌn-ˌsnɝ-tɹɔ)

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