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glædnes

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

glædnes, f.n: gladness, joy, cheerfulness; pleasure, happiness; cheerful readiness, alacrity, willingness to act. (GLAD-ness / ˈglæd-nɛs)

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witan

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Hana Videen

witan, str.v: to know, be aware. (WIT-ahn / ˈwɪ-tan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a fruit tree entwined by a serpent with fruit in its jaws, flanked by Adam with left hand raising eaten fruit toward mouth, and Eve with right hand raising eaten fruit toward mouth and holding two fruits in left arm.
Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux; France (Arras), 13th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.730, f. 10r. [ica.themorgan.org]
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nytan

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Hana Videen

nytan, v: to not know. (NUE-tahn / ˈny-tan)

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slæpere

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Hana Videen

slæpere, m.n: a sleeper. (SLAP-eh-ruh / ˈslæ-pɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a bearded, haloed man sleeping, his arms folded across his chest.
St Patrick asleep; France, 13th century; British Library, MS Royal 20 D VI, f. 213v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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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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