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cealf

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Hana Videen

cealf, n.n: calf. (CHEH-alf / ˈtʃɛalf)

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hind

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Hana Videen

hind, f.n: hind, female deer, perhaps the red deer specifically. (HIND / ˈhɪnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is a Deorhord quiz. Test your medieval animal knowledge on Patreon.

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ǣmette

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Hana Videen

ǣmette, f.n: ant. (AM-et-tuh / ˈæː-mɛt-tə)

Medieval manuscript image of ants walking in two straight lines as they bring grain back to their nest, each ant carrying one seed in its mouth; the ants are depicted with three segments and four legs, and their nest is three brown hills.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 24v. [abdn.ac.uk]
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brocc

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Hana Videen

brocc, m.n: badger. (BROCK / ˈbrɔk)

Medieval manuscript image of a very pudgy brown badger.
Bestiary; England, 1220-40; Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.4.25, f. 74v. [cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk]
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culfre

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Hana Videen

culfre, f.n: dove. (KULL-vruh / ˈkʌl-vrə)

Medieval manuscript image of a greyish-brown dove within a decorated O; the surrounding text is in Latin, including the word ‘columba’ in red.
Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, f. 27v. [abdn.ac.uk]
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griffus

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Hana Videen

griffus, n: griffin. (GRIFF-fuss / ˈgrɪf-fʌs)

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elpend

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

elpend, m.n: elephant. (EL-pend / ˈɛl-pɛnd)

A fairly realistic medieval drawing of the front of an elephant in profile; another trunk in a different position is sketched in the background.
Matthew Paris’s Liber Additamentorum; England, 1250-59; British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I, f. 169v. [bl.uk]
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dēor

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Hana Videen

dēor, n.n: animal. (DAY-or / ˈdeːɔr)

A red-haired, glasses-wearing, thirty-something woman with bird earrings and a big smile holds a green and gold book, "The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary" by Hana Videen; the background is a forest with autumn colours.
Today is publication day for The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary. The next week of words will include various animals from the hoard.

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heofon-būend

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Hana Videen

heofon-būend, m.n: dweller in heaven. (HEH-oh-von-BOO-end / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌbuː-ɛnd)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on Azarias and fire-terror. Read it on Patreon.

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fold-ræst

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Hana Videen

fold-ræst, f.n: ‘earth-rest’, a resting-place in the earth, a grave. (FOLD-RAST / ˈfɔld-ˌræst)

Medieval manuscript image of three skulls and a pile of coffins, two of which are open and contain corpses.
James le Palmer’s Omne Bonum, England (London), c. 1360-75; British Library, Royal MS 6 E VI/1, f. 267v. [bl.uk]
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