mēd

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Hana Videen

mēd, f.n: meed, reward. (MAID / ˈmeːd)

a-blend

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Hana Videen

a-blend, v/adj: blinded. (ah-BLEND / a-ˈblɛnd)

hēafod-gim

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Hana Videen

hēafod-gim, m.n: eye (head-gem). (HAY-ah-vod-YIM / ˈheːa-vɔd-ˌjɪm)

Illustration from a medical miscellany that includes the ‘book of Macharias on the eye called Salaracer or secret of secrets’; British Library, MS Sloane 981 (fol. 68r). England; last quarter of the 14th or first quarter of the 15th century.

hyll

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Hana Videen

hyll, f.n: a hill. (HULL / ˈhɝl)

Luttrell Psalter. England (Lincolnshire), 14th century. British Library, MS Add. 42130, fol. 176v.

wælhrēowlīce

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Hana Videen

wælhrēowlīce, adv: cruelly, horribly, atrociously. (WAEL-HRAY-oh-lee-chuh / ˈwæl-ˌhɹeːɔw-liː-tʃə)

wuldor-geflogena

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Hana Videen

wuldor-geflogena, m.n: a fugitive from glory, an evil spirit. (WULL-dor-yeh-FLOH-yeh-na / ˈwʌl-dɔɹ-jɛ-ˌflɔ-jɛ-na)

teol-þyrel

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Hana Videen

teol-þyrel, n.n: a window. (TEH-oll-THUH-rull / ˈtɛɔl-ˌθɝ-ɹəl)

heorte

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Hana Videen

heorte, f.n: heart. (HEH-or-tuh / ˈhɛɔr-tə)

Also, the topic of my paper today in session 500 at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies!

waþema

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Hana Videen

waþema, m.n: moving water, wave, flood. (WA-thuh-ma / ˈwa-θə-ma)

Koninklijke Bibliotheek: Jacob van Maerlant. Spiegel historiael. West Vlaanderen ca. 1350. Signature KA 20. The dove returns to the Noah’s Ark with and olive branch, fol. 5r b.

sōþfæstness

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Hana Videen

sōþfæstness, f.n: truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity; truth, righteousness, justice; truth of speech or thought. (SOATH-fast-ness / ˈsoːθ-fæst-nɛs)