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hyhtan

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Hana Videen

hyhtan, wk.v: to hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice. (HUE-h’tahn / ˈhyx-tan)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on second Liða and weed-month. Hear and read it on Patreon.

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tōþ

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Hana Videen

tōþ, m.n: tooth, tusk. (TOATH / ˈtoːθ)

Medieval manuscript image of a strange-looking elephant that more closely resembles a disappointed tapir vomiting up a tusk.
De medicina ex animalibus; England or N France, c. 1175-1200; British Library, Sloane MS 1975, f. 81v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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swefen-reccere

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Hana Videen

swefen-reccere, m.n: interpreter of dreams, soothsayer. (SWEH-ven-REH-cheh-ruh / ˈswɛ-vɛn-ˌrɛ-tʃɛ-rə)

Medieval manuscript image of a king speaking to an old bearded man beneath three trees, one containing the moon, one with the sun and one with a fancy-looking bird.
Alexander and the soothsayer in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book; France (Rouen), mid 15th century; British Library, Royal MS 15 E VI, f. 18v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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nēah-fæder

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Hana Videen

nēah-fæder, m.n: a neighbouring father of the church, one not belonging to distant parts. (NAY-ah-FADD-er / ˈneːax-ˌfæ-dɛr)

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leþer-helm

Posted on June 15, 2024 by Hana Videen

leþer-helm, m.n: leather helmet. (LEH-ther-HELM / ˈlɛ-θɛr-ˌhɛlm)

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ǣmett-hyll

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Hana Videen

ǣmett-hyll, m.n: anthill. (AM-et-HUELL / ˈæː-mɛt-ˌhyl)

Medieval manuscript image of ants crawling back and forth between grain and an anthill.
Northumberland Bestiary; England, 1250-60; J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100, f. 23v. [blogs.getty.edu]

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ēowo-meoluc

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Hana Videen

ēowo-meoluc, f.n: ewe’s milk. (AY-o-wo-MEH-o-luk / ˈeːɔ-wɔ-ˌmɛɔ-lʌk)

Medieval manuscript image of a person sitting in the midst of a crowded sheepfold milking a ewe.
Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 163v. [bl.uk]

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earmincg

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Hana Videen

earmincg, m.n: miserable being, unhappy or unfortunate wretch. (EH-ar-minj / ˈɛar-mɪndʒ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the Menologium. Read it on Patreon.

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earm

Posted on June 11, 2024 by Hana Videen

earm, adj: wretched, miserable. (EH-arm / ˈɛarm)

Medieval manuscript image of Job, wearing only a short loin cloth, sitting on a dung heap; beside the dung heap stand a woman wearing a butterfly headdress, a hat-wearing man and two other men.
Book of Hours; France (Paris), 1430s; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.359, f. 171r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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hnoppian

Posted on June 10, 2024 by Hana Videen

hnoppian, wk.v: to pluck. (H’NOP-pi-ahn / ˈhnɔp-pɪ-an)

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