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stær-blind

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Hana Videen

stær-blind, adj: blind from giddiness, purblind, quite blind. (STAER-BLIHND / ˈstæɹ-ˌblɪnd)

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dolh

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Hana Videen

dolh, n.n: a wound, scar of a wound, cut, gash, sore. (DOL’H / ˈdɔlh)

wound
Luttrell Psalter. England, between 1320-1340. British Library, Add. MS 42130, f. 20v. British Library manuscript pages

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grēot-hord

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Hana Videen

grēot-hord, n.n: ‘earth-hoard’, the human body. (GRAY-ot-HORD / ˈgreːɔt-ˌhɔrd)

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sǣ-genga

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Hana Videen

sǣ-genga, m.n: a sea-goer, a mariner; a vessel, ship. (SAE-GENG-ga / ˈsæː-ˌgɛŋ-ga)

sailor
The Medieval Bestiary: Two sirens have lured these sailors to their doom; one holds the ship. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 14429, fol. 116v.
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ge-þyld

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Hana Videen

ge-þyld, f.n: patience, resignation. (yeh-THUELD / jɛ-ˈθyld)

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fyrd-lēoþ

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Hana Videen

fyrd-lēoþ, n.n: battle-song. (FUERD-LAY-oth / ˈfyrd-ˌleːɔθ)

battlesong
Discarding Images blog: Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France, 1420. BL, Royal 20 B XX, fol. 57r.
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undern

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Hana Videen

undern, m.n: the time between sunrise and midday, morning. (UN-dern / ˈʌn-dɛrn)

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ge-dwol-bisceop

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Hana Videen

ge-dwol-bisceop, m.n: heretical bishop. (yeh-DWOL-BIH-sheh-op / jɛ-ˈdwɔl-ˌbɪ-ʃɛɔp)

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smǣte-gylden

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Hana Videen

smǣte-gylden, adj: of refined gold. (SMAT-uh-YULL-den / ˈsmæː-tə-ˌjɝl-dɛn)

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dwǣscan

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Hana Videen

dwǣscan, wk.v: to extinguish (fire); to abolish or blot out (enmity, sin). (DWASH-ahn / ˈdwæː-ʃan)

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