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westansūþan-wind

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Hana Videen

westansūþan-wind, m.n: a southwest wind. (WEST-on-soo-thon-WIND / ˈwɛst-an-suː-θan-ˌwɪnd)

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hlæder

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Hana Videen

hlæder, f.n: ladder, flight of steps. (HLADD-er / ˈhlæ-dɛr)

A man climbing a ladder in the margin of a medieval manuscript written in French.
Livre de leschiele Mahomet; England, early 14th century; Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 537, f. 1r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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ǣn-līpig

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Hana Videen

ǣn-līpig, adj: each, every, singular, solitary. (ANN-LEE-pih / ˈæːn-ˌliː-pɪj)

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freoðian

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Hana Videen

freoðian, wk.v: to care for, maintain, cherish, protect, keep, observe. (FREH-oth-i-ahn / ˈfrɛɔ-θɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus in her lap as she sits on the grassy terrain created within the oval formed by the bottom of the letter S.
Antiphonary; Italy (Lombardy), mid 15th century; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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gyrn-wracu

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Hana Videen

gyrn-wracu, f.n: revenge or vengeance for an injury. (GUERN-WRAH-kuh / ˈgyrn-ˌwra-kʌ)

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gyden

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Hana Videen

gyden, f.n: goddess. (GUE-den / ˈgy-dɛn)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman wearing armour and a sword in the sky, casting down armour and a shield to soldiers below, who reach up to her; one soldier is putting on a mail shirt.
Minerva in Christine de Pizan’s L’Épître Othéa; France (Paris), c. 1410-1414; British Library, Harley MS 4431, f. 102v. [blogs.bl.uk]
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lār

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Hana Videen

lār, f.n: lore, teaching, instruction, learning, knowledge. (LAR / ˈlaːr)

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medume

Posted on September 4, 2024 by Hana Videen

medume, adj: middling, moderate, common; observing the just mean, perfect, meet, fit, worthy. (MEH-duh-muh / ˈmɛ-dʌ-mə)

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cōc

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Hana Videen

cōc, m.n: a cook. (COKE / ˈkoːk)

Medieval manuscript image of three men; one gestures towards an oddly small cow on the ground before them, one raises an ax above his head, and one tends a pot hanging beneath a chimney over a cook fire.
Bible moralisée; France (Paris), 1226-1275; Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 270B, f. 194r. [digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk]
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dēaw-wyrm

Posted on September 2, 2024 by Hana Videen

dēaw-wyrm, m.n: ringworm. (DAY-aw-WUERM / ˈdeːa-ˌwyrm)

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