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gyte-sǣl

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

gyte-sǣl, m.n: joy at the pouring out of wine. (YUH-tuh-SAEL / ˈjɝ-tə-ˌsæːl)

Women drinking, Watriquet de Couvin (1325).
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sige

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

sige, m.n: victory, triumph; success in war or conflict. (SIH-yuh / ˈsɪ-jə)

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beorh-hliþ

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Hana Videen

beorh-hliþ, n.n: a mountain-height, mountain-brow. (BEH-or’h-HLITH / ˈbɛɔɹh-ˌhlɪθ)

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folm

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Hana Videen

folm, f.n: the palm of the hand, the hand. (FOLM / ˈfɔlm)

hand
Image from Erik Kwakkel’s blog: London, British Library, MS Add. 11639 (France, 13th century).

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hweop

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

hweop, n: a whip. (H’WEH-op / ˈhwɛɔp)

Detail of a marginal scene of a man with a whip, plowing with oxen, with a butterfly above.
British Library Medieval Manuscripts blog: Gorleston Psalter (14th century), f. 153v.
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un-rǣden

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Hana Videen

un-rǣden, f.n: an ill-advised action, unwise deed. (UN-RAE-den / ˈʌn-ˌɹæː-dən)

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folgoþ

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Hana Videen

folgoþ, m.n: that which follows (retinue); service of a follower (office); condition in life. (FOLL-goth / ˈfɔl-gɔθ)

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morgen-drenc

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Hana Videen

morgen-drenc, m.n: ‘morning-drink’, some sort of healing drink or potion. (MOR-gen-DRENCH / ˈmɔr-gɛn-ˌdrɛntʃ)

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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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