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hlēoðor-cwide

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Hana Videen

hlēoðor-cwide, m.n: a saying, vocal utterance, words, speech, discourse. (HLAY-oh-thor-KWIH-duh / ˈhleːɔ-θɔɹ-ˌkwɪ-də)

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brēost-cearu

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Hana Videen

brēost-cearu, f.n: the care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow. (BRAY-ost-CHEH-ah-ruh / ˈbɹeːɔst-ˌtʃɛa-ɹʌ)

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gicel-gebland

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

gicel-gebland, n.n: a hailstorm. (YIH-chell-yeh-BLAHND / ˈjɪ-tʃɛl-jɛ-ˌbland)

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sweord-wyrhta

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Hana Videen

sweord-wyrhta, m.n: a sword-wright, maker of swords, armourer. (SWEH-ord-WUR-h’ta / ˈswɛɔɹd-ˌwɝɹh-ta)

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hord-wynn

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Hana Videen

hord-wynn, f.n: delightful treasure (hoard-joy). (HORD-WUEN / ˈhɔrd-ˌwyn)

Staffordshire-Hoard.jpg
Image of the Staffordshire Hoard from Medievalists.net.

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hrān

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Hana Videen

hrān, m.n: a reindeer. (HRAWN / ˈhɹaːn)

Glæd Geol!

One of Santa’s flying reindeer? From the British Library medieval manuscripts blog: Detail of an imaginative marginal grotesque, a winged deer about to take flight; from Jean Froissart, Chroniques, Netherlands (Bruges), c. 1470-1472, Harley MS 4379, f. 19v.
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winter-scūr

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Hana Videen

winter-scūr, m.n: a winter shower. (WIN-ter-SHOOR / ˈwɪn-tɛɹ-ˌʃuːɹ)

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morgen-gebedtīd

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

morgen-gebedtīd, f.n: morning prayer-time. (MOR-gen-yeh-BED-teed / ˈmɔɹ–gɛn-jɛ-ˌbɛd-tiːd)

David in prayer, from a medieval Book of Hours. Northern France or Flanders, c. 1460-80.
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ungemet-ceald

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

ungemet-ceald, adj: excessively cold. (UN-yeh-MET-CHEH-ald / ˈʌn-jɛ-ˌmɛt-ˌtʃɛald)

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winter-dæg

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

winter-dæg, m.n: a winter day. (WIN-ter-DAIE / ˈwɪn-tɛɹ–ˌdæj)

©Photo. R.M.N. / R.-G. OjŽda

Image: Limbourg brothers, “Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Folio 2, verso February,” between 1412 and 1416. Musée Condé (Wikimedia).

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