gesweotulung-dæg

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Hana Videen

gesweotulung-dæg, m.n: Epiphany (lit. ‘showing/manifesting-day’). (yeh-SWEH-oh-tuh-lung-DAIE / jɛ-ˈswɛɔ-tʌ-lʌŋ-ˌdæj)

In a medieval manuscript three kings visit Mary and baby Jesus bearing gifts. One king kneels before the mother and child, while the other two wait their turn and converse. An angel with a long staff stands behind Mary. — Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript; Spain, c. 1180; Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]

gehroden

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Hana Videen

gehroden, adj: adorned. (yeh-H’ROD-en / jɛ-ˈhrɔ-dɛn)

Circular pendant decorated with twisted and beaded gold wires. Surrounded by a border of eight gold circles, four gold triangles extend from a central red garnet. — Gold disk pendant; England (Kent), early 600s; Metropolitan Museum of Art. [metmuseum.org]

fore-bēacen

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Hana Videen

fore-bēacen, n.n: foretoken, portent, sign. (FOR-uh-BAY-ah-kun / ˈfɔ-rə-ˌbeːa-kən)

syllic

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Hana Videen

syllic, adj: strange, wonderful. (SUEL-litch / ˈsyl-lɪtʃ)

Medieval manuscript image of a creature with a bird-like head, with a testicle-like wattle hanging below its long curved beak and a tentacle coming out of the back of its head between its long ears; the body, which has neither arms nor wings, is blue and rests upon two taloned feet. — Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 145r. [blogs.bl.uk]

ge-metgian

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-metgian, wk.v: to measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern; to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on. (yeh-MET-gi-ahn / jɛ-ˈmɛt-gɪ-an)

ed-sceaft

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Hana Videen

ed-sceaft, f.n: new creation, regeneration. (ED-SHEH-oft / ˈɛd-ˌʃɛaft)

Medieval manuscript image of a bearded, haloed man looking at the large brown globe he holds in his hand. — Partie de la Bible; French, 13th century; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, NAF 1404, f. 3r. [gallica.bnf.fr]

ge-fēra

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Hana Videen

ge-fēra, m.n: companion, comrade. (yeh-VAY-ra / jɛ-ˈveː-ra)

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Medieval manuscript image of people gathered around a table, eating and drinking and conversing; musicians perform in the background and in the foreground a dog steals some fish from a plate. — Somme le Roi; France, 1290-1300; British Library, Add MS 28162, f. 10v. [blogs.bl.uk]

snytro-cræft

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Hana Videen

snytro-cræft, m.n: prudent skill, prudence, wisdom. (SNUE-troh-KRAFT / ˈsny-trɔ-ˌkræft)

be-efesian

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Hana Videen

be-efesian, wk.v: to cut the hair of a person. (beh-eh-VEH-zi-ahn / bɛ-ɛ-ˈvɛ-zɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image in the margin of a Latin manuscript showing a seated monk receiving a tonsure from a monk holding a knife to the side of his head. — Abbey Dore manuscript; England (Herefordshire), c. 1220-1231; British Library, Cotton Cleo CXI, f. 27v. [dhi.ac.uk]

snāw-hwīt

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Hana Videen

snāw-hwīt, adj: snow-white. (SNAW-H’WEET / ˈsnaː-ˌhwiːt)

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