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ēadignes

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Hana Videen

ēadignes, f.n: happiness. (AY-ah-dih-ness / ˈeːa-dɪj-nɛs)

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unāwendedlīc

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Hana Videen

unāwendedlīc, adj: unchangeable, fixed, invariable. (un-AH-wen-ded-LEECH / ʌn-ˈa-wɛn-dɛd-liːtʃ)

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cēp

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Hana Videen

cēp, m.n: a sale, bargain, business. (CAPE / ˈkeːp)

Tacuinum Sanitatis (ÖNB Codex Vindobonensis, series nova 2644), c. 1370-1400.
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þunor

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Hana Videen

þunor, m.n: thunder. (THUH-nor / ˈθʌ-nɔɹ)

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lēgetu

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Hana Videen

lēgetu, f.n: lightning. (LAY-yeh-tuh / ˈleː-jɛ-tʌ)

lēgetu
Medieval manuscript illumination of lightning and a cloudburst over the sea. From Albertus Magnus’s De Natura Rerum.
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hræding

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Hana Videen

hræding, f.n: hurry, haste. (HRAD-ing / ˈhɹæ-dɪŋ)

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gomenwāðu

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Hana Videen

gomenwāðu, f.n: a joyous path. (GOM-en-WA-thuh / ˈgɔ-mɛn-ˌwaː-θʌ)

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werewulf

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Hana Videen

werewulf, m.n: a werewolf (‘man-wolf’). (WEH-ruh-WULF / ˈwɛ-ɹə-ˌwʌlf)

Topographica Hibernica. England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-1223. British Library, Royal MS 13 B. viii, f. 18r. [britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk]
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mūþettan

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Hana Videen

mūþettan, wk.v: to chatter, let out a secret. (MOO-thet-tahn / ˈmuː-θɛt-tan)

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gongel-wæfre

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Hana Videen

gongel-wæfre, f.n: spider (walker-weaver). (GONG-gell-WAV-ruh / ˈgɔŋ-gɛl-ˌwæv-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a six-legged spider.
Six-legged spider in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KA 16, f. 130r. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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