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twifealdness

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Hana Videen

twifealdness, f.n: doubleness; duplicity, deceitfulness. (TWIH-veh-ald-ness / ˈtwɪ-vɛald-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a two-faced man wearing a hat, drinking from a vessel in his right hand and raising a fish to his mouth in his left; he stands behind a table of food and dishes.
Two-faced Janus in a Psalter; Belgium (Ghent), 1270-1280; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.72, f. 1r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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twēo

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Hana Videen

twēo, m.n: doubt, uncertainty. (TWAY-oh / ˈtweːɔ)

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hæg-þorn

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Hana Videen

hæg-þorn, m.n: hawthorn. (HAIE-THORN / ˈhæj-ˌθɔrn)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a barbery or hawthorn busy, with wide green leaves and red flowers.
Tractatus de herbis; Italy, late 13th century; British Library, Egerton MS 747, f. 15r. [iiif.bl.uk]
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samnian

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Hana Videen

samnian, wk.v: to collect, assemble, bring together, gather. (SAHM-ni-ahn / ˈsam-nɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man bending over to gather feathers while an open-beaked crow stares him down; four feathers are in the man’s hands, four on the ground.
Fables of Bidpai; S Italy, 10th or 11th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.397, f. 7r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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ealde-mōder

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Hana Videen

ealde-mōder, f.n: grandmother. (EH-al-duh-MO-der / ˈɛal-də-ˌmoː-dɛr)

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ǣwisc-mōd

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Hana Videen

ǣwisc-mōd, adj: ashamed, disgraced. (AE-wish-MOAD / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌmoːd)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two men averting their faces and covering an older man with a piece of cloth who sleeps in a chair, naked except for his hat; another man gestures as he departs.
Psalter; England (Oxford), between 1212 and 1220; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.43, f. 9r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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wamb-hord

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Hana Videen

wamb-hord, m.n: ‘womb-hoard’, used of the weapons contained in a fortified place. (WAHMB-HORD / ˈwamb-ˌhɔrd)

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ge-trēowfæstnian

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-trēowfæstnian, wk.v: to be faithful, firm, strong. (yeh-TRAY-oh-VAST-ni-ahn / jɛ-ˈtreːɔ-ˌvæst-nɪ-an)

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mægden-cild

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Hana Videen

mægden-cild, n.n: a female child. (MAEY-den-CHILLD / ˈmæj-dɛn-ˌtʃɪld)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a haloed woman holding a book open before her and a young haloed girl studying it carefully.
St Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read, from a Book of Hours; France or England, c. 1430-40; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 5, f. 45v. [getty.edu]
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fell

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Hana Videen

fell, n.n: skin, hide. (FELL / ˈfɛl)

Medieval manuscript open to a page that shows a former rip snaking across the page that has been neatly stitched up with thread.
Closeup of parchment from Leiden University Libraries, BPL 25 (9th century); photo by Erik Kwakkel. [medievalbooks.nl]
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