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hwer-hwette

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Hana Videen

hwer-hwette, f.n: a cucumber. (HWER-HWEH-tuh / ˈhwɛɹ-ˌhwɛ-tə)

Hwerhwettan gesihþ on swefnum untrumnysse getācnaþ – Leechbook III

(If a man sees in dreams a cucumber it betokens illness)

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cwēn-fugol

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

cwēn-fugol, m.n: a female bird, hen. (KWAIN-FUH-gol / ˈkweːn-ˌfʌ-gɔl)

Medieval manuscript image of a barefoot woman with a distaff under one arm, pouring a bowl of chicken feed onto the ground where a dozen chicks are pecking; one chick sits on top of the mother hen, who is tied to a stake in the ground by a string around one leg.
Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 166v. [bl.uk]
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cwēn

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

cwēn, f.n: a woman; wife; queen, empress. (KWAIN / ˈkweːn)

Queen Emma, with her sons Edward and Harthacnut, being presented the Encomium Emmae Reginae.
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drync-horn

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

drync-horn, n.n: drinking horn. (DRUNCH-HORN / ˈdrɝntʃ-ˌhɔrn)

drinking horn
One of a pair of drinking horns, late 6th century AD. From the princely burial at Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Made from aurochs horns with silver-gilt mounts. (British Museum)

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dægrēd-sang

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

dægrēd-sang, m.n: morning song. (DAIE-raid-SAHNG / ˈdæj-ɹeːd-ˌsaŋ)

British Library, MS Harley 2813, f. 442v.
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dæg-rēd

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

dæg-rēd, n.n: dawn, daybreak, early morning. (DAIE-RAID / ˈdæj-ˌreːd)

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tō-ætīcan

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Hana Videen

tō-ætīcan, v: to increase. (toh-AE-tee-kahn / toː-ˈæ-tiː-kan)

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cweorn

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Hana Videen

cweorn, f.n: a mill, hand-mill, quern. (KWEH-orn / ˈkwɛɔɹn)

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dægmǣl-scēawere

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Hana Videen

dægmǣl-scēawere, m.n: sundial observer, observer of times and seasons; astrologer, diviner. (DAIE-MAEL-SHAY-ah-weh-ruh / ˈdæj-ˌmæːl-ˌʃeːa-wɛ-ɹə)

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dæg-mǣl

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Hana Videen

dæg-mǣl, n.n: a sundial or instrument for telling the hour. (DAIE-MAEL / ˈdæj-ˌmæːl)

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