grund-wyrgen

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

grund-wyrgen, f.n: wolf of the deep. (GRUND-WUER-yen / ˈgrʌnd-ˌwyr-jɛn)

Grendel’s mother is described as a grund-wyrgen.

grendelsma — Grendel’s mother drags Beowulf to the bottom of the mere. Illustration by Henry Justice Ford in Andrew Lang’s The Red Book of Animal Stories (1899).

scucca

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

scucca, m.n: devil, demon; Satan. (SHUCK-ah / ˈʃʌ-ka)

dēofol-scīn

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēofol-scīn, n.n: a diabolical vision, phantom, demon. (DAY-oh-voll-SHEEN / ˈdeːɔ-vɔl-ˌʃiːn)

hell-rūne

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

hell-rūne, f.n: demon, one who knows hell’s mysteries. (HELL-ROON-uh / ˈhɛl-ˌruː-nə)

orc-þyrs

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

orc-þyrs, m.n: a demon of hell, monster of the infernal regions. (ORK-THURS / ˈɔɹk-ˌθɝɹs)

British Library Medieval Manuscripts Blog: Detail of a bas-de-page scene showing a demon carrying souls to Hell in a wheelbarrow, from the ‘Taymouth Hours’, England (London?), second quarter of the 14th century, Yates Thompson MS 13, f. 139v.

ēoten

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Hana Videen

ēoten, m.n: a giant. (AY-oh-ten / ˈeːɔ-tɛn)

dēmon

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Hana Videen

dēmon, m.n: a demon, devil. (DAY-mon / ˈdeː-mɔn)

The two weeks leading up to Halloween will feature monster words-of-the-day.

winter-fylleþ

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Hana Videen

winter-fylleþ, m.n: October. (WIN-ter-FUELL-eth / ˈwɪn-tɛr–ˌfyl-lɛθ)

wōr-hana

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Hana Videen

wōr-hana, m.n: a pheasant. (WOAR-HA-na / ˈwoːɹ-ˌha-na)

Detail from the border at the lower edge of the page: angels with an icon of the Virgin and Child, a pheasant and a peacock. England, S. (probably Glastonbury); between c. 1400 and c. 1410. British Library, MS Harley 7026, fol. 5. British Library.

heals-fang

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Hana Videen

heals-fang, n.n: the sum every man sentenced to the pillory must pay to save himself from that punishment; a legal payment of varying amount according to the status of a person, to be paid by him as a due or fine, or to be received by him for injury done to him. (HEH-als-FAHNG / ˈhɛals-ˌfaŋ)