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ge-wǣpnod

Posted on December 29, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-wǣpnod, adj: armed, equipped with weapons. (yeh-WAP-nod / jɛ-ˈwæːp-nɔd)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a striped porcupine, its eyes directed upwards as if looking at something above.
Lambeth Apocalypse; England, 13th century; Lambeth Palace Library, MS 209, f. 8r. [images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk]
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fōt-swæþ

Posted on December 28, 2025 by Hana Videen

fōt-swæþ, f.n: footprint. (FOAT-SWATH / ˈfoːt-ˌswæθ)

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geolu-rēad

Posted on December 27, 2025 by Hana Videen

geolu-rēad, adj: yellow-red, red with a yellow tinge. (YEH-o-luh-RAY-ahd / ˈjɛɔ-lʌ-ˌreːad)

Medieval manuscript image of Christ with curly blond locks and a brown beard holding a orange-y red book, against an orange background with birds and delicate interlace designs.
Book of Kells; Ireland or Scotland, c. 800; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I, f. 32v. [commons.wikimedia.org]
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mȳdrece

Posted on December 26, 2025 by Hana Videen

mȳdrece, f.n: a chest (box). (MUE-dretch-uh / ˈmyː-drɛ-tʃə)

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hyse-cild

Posted on December 25, 2025 by Hana Videen

hyse-cild, n.n: a male child. (HUE-zuh-CHILLD / ˈhy-zə-ˌtʃɪld)

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed virgin Mary pointing to baby Jesus, eyes open, in a manger, with a donkey and a cow licking his body; a star shape hovers between the baby and an angel directly above.
Nativity scene in the St Albans Psalter; England, c. 1130; Hildesheim (Germany), Dombibliothek, MS St. Godehard 1, p. 21. [blogs.getty.edu]
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æt-standend

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Hana Videen

æt-standend, m.n: a bystander, an attendant. (AT-stahn-dend / ˈæt-stand-ɛnd)

Medieval manuscript image of a strangely drawn blue donkey and a brown ox beneath a sloped roof with castle-like turrets.
Part of a Nativity scene in the Claricia Psalter; Germany (Augsburg), late 12th to early 13th century; Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.26, f. 8r. [thedigitalwalters.org]
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ge-tīðian

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Hana Videen

ge-tīðian, wk.v: to grant, allow. (yeh-TEETH-i-ahn / jɛ-ˈtiː-θɪ-an)

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un-land

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Hana Videen

un-land, n.n: false land. (UN-LOND / ˈʌn-ˌland)

Medieval manuscript image of an oddly drawn whale with two men warming themselves at a fire on its back, one of whom has taken off his shoes and wiggles his toes near the flames; their boat is anchored to the whale’s back.
De bestiis et aliis rebus; France, c. 1230; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 2495B, f. 46v. [mandragore.bnf.fr]
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winter-setl

Posted on December 21, 2025 by Hana Videen

winter-setl, n.n: a place to stop in for the winter, winter-quarters. (WIN-ter-SEH-tull / ˈwɪn-tɛr-ˌsɛ-təl)

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þurh-wadan

Posted on December 20, 2025 by Hana Videen

þurh-wadan, str.v: to pass through; (of a weapon) to pierce through, penetrate. (thur’h-WA-dahn / θʌrx-ˈwa-dan)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a legless creature passing through a tower, its pointy-eared head and long neck on the right side, its shrivelled brown skin coming off on the left side where its tail is.
A snake in the Worksop Bestiary; England (Lincoln or York?), c. 1185; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.81, f. 87v. [themorgan.org]
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