haswig-feþera

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Hana Videen

haswig-feþera, adj: having grey feathers; used as a substantive to mean ‘the grey-feathered one’. (HA-zwih-FETH-er-ah / ˈhaz-wɪj-ˌfɛ-θɛ-ra)

foddor

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Hana Videen

foddor, n.n: food. (FOD-dor / ˈfɔd-dɔr)

Medieval manuscript image of a man pouring something into cups on a table, watching two other men walk away, carrying dishes of food in each of their hands. — Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 207v. [recipes.hypotheses.org]

wang

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Hana Videen

wang, m.n: field, plain. (WAHNG / ˈwaŋ)

wæl-cēasiga

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Hana Videen

wæl-cēasiga, m.n: chooser of the slain (an epithet for the raven). (WAEL-CHAY-ah-zi-ga / ˈwæl-ˌtʃeːa-zɪ-ga)

De avibus; France, early 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2495, f. 14r. [bestiary.ca]

wæl-cyrige

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Hana Videen

wæl-cyrige, f.n: valkyrie, chooser of the slain. (WAEL-KUE-ri-yuh / ˈwæl-ˌky-rɪ-jə)

swift

Posted on November 24, 2024 by Hana Videen

swift, adj: swift, moving or capable of moving quickly. (SWIFT / ˈswɪft)

Medieval manuscript image of a cheerful-looking rabbit running across marginal foliage. — Bible; France (Paris), c. 1310; Prague, Knihovna Národního muzea, XII.A.10, f. 31v. [arca.irht.cnrs.fr]

gebrec-drenc

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Hana Videen

gebrec-drenc, m.n: medicinal drink (for the throat or windpipe). (yeh-BRECK-DRENCH / jɛ-ˈbrɛk-ˌdrɛntʃ)

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þrowian

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Hana Videen

þrowian, wk.v: to suffer; to suffer martyrdom; to pay for, atone for. (THRO-wih-yahn / ˈθrɔ-wɪ-an)

Medieval manuscript image of a king seated in a throne, a sword in his right hand, a scabbard in his left, and an arrow in his chest; he is depicted within a roundel labelled with the name Edward. — Edward the Martyr in an early 14th-century genealogical roll of the kings of England; British Library, Royal MS 14 B VI. [wikipedia.org]

drūt

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Hana Videen

drūt, f.n: a friend, beloved one. (DROOT / ˈdruːt)

scrīn

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Hana Videen

scrīn, n.n: a chest, coffer, casket, box in which precious things are kept; a receptacle for the relics of a saint, a shrine; a cage in which a criminal is confined. (SHREEN / ˈʃriːn)

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