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Dr Hana Videen (she/her), author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH & THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY. Sharing the Old English Word of the Day since 2013. linktr.ee/wordhord

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Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 6d

chor-glīw, n.n: choral dance, musical entertainment or celebration involving singer(s) and dancer(s). (KOR-GLEE-ew / ˈkɔr-ˌgliːw) Image: Romance of Alexander; England, 14th century; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Bodl. 264. f. 21v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a person playing a gittern for a group of five dancers, three of whom wear animal masks (a stag, a rabbit and a boar).

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 9d

belt, n: belt, girdle. (BELT / ˈbɛlt) Image: Moralia in Job; France (Cîteaux Abbey), 12th century; Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 168, f. 4v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a belt-wearing soldier raising a sword and shield against a two-headed dragon that attacks him; he himself is standing on the back of another soldier who is stabbing the dragon with a spear.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 12d

slītan, str.v: to bite, tear, rend. (SLEE-tahn / ˈsliː-tan) Image: Bilingual Psalter in Old English and Latin; England, late 10th or early 11th century; @theul.bsky.social MS Ff.1.23, f. 240r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A toothy creature bites into a column forming the letter V in a medieval manuscript.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 15d

bēte, f.n: beet, beetroot. (BAY-tuh / ˈbeː-tə) Image: Aldobrandino da Siena, Régime du Corps; France (Rouen?), c. 1440-1450; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.0165, f. 93r. Read my Mōnaþ-spell (monthly update) on Patreon: bit.ly/goldgifa #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript initial B inside of which is an illustration of a beet plant.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 18d

trēagian, wk.v: to repair, sew together. (TRAY-ah-gi-ahn / ˈtreːa-gɪ-an) Image: Petrus Comestor’s Historia scholastica; Switzerland (Basel?), 14th century; Aarau (Switzerland), Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 9, f. 31r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

An illuminated medieval manuscript with a neatly trimmed hole that is decoratively stitched together with red, green, yellow and blue thread.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 21d

ge-þyrst, adj: thirsty. (yeh-THUERST / jɛ-ˈθyrst) Image: Bible; NE France, late 13th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.969, f. 305r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a man sipping from a large goblet while sitting on a bench.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 24d

spanu, f.n: teat. (SPA-nuh / ˈspa-nʌ) Image: A noblewoman tests the exposed breast of a prospective nurse in Li Livres dou Santé; France, late 13th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Sloane 2435, f. 28v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a woman holding out her breast from an opening in her dress; a noblewoman reaches out to feel it.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· 27d

or-mǣte, adj: immense. (OR-MAT-uh / ˈɔr-ˌmæː-tə) Image: Physiologus; France, c. 1240; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 101, f. 195v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A fairly accurate drawing of an elephant in a medieval manuscript, only its tail is far too long.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 16

brȳd-būr, m.n: marriage chamber, bridal chamber; Virgin Mary's womb; the union of bridegroom Christ and bride (a person or the Church). (BRUED-BOOR / ˈbryːd-ˌbuːr) Image: Christ & Ecclesia (the Church); Germany, 1190-1200; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Laud Misc 150, f. 3r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man embracing and holding the hand of a crowned and haloed woman.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 13

sōn, m.n: a musical sound, music vocal or instrumental. (SOWN / ˈsoːn) Image: Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 1r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a rabbit playing a harp.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 10

wæter-sēaþ, m.n: a well, reservoir. (WAT-er-SAY-ath / ˈwæ-tɛr-ˌseːaθ) Image: Speculum humane salvationis; Austria, 1432; @bne.es ms. B.N.Vit 25-7, p. 37. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a well with a bucket hanging from a pulley; a woman gives a man a drinking vessel and a horse drinks from a trough.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 7

sīþ, m/n.n: journey, voyage. (SEETH / ˈsiːθ) Image: Bestiaire d’Amour; N Italy, c. 1290; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.459, f. 18r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of three men on a double-masted ship, sailing above a large fish with an open mouth and five dorsal fins.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 4

swān-gerēfa, m.n: an officer whose manages forests for the pasturing of swine and the use of wood. (SWAHN-yeh-RAY-vah / ˈswaːn-jɛ-ˌreː-va) Image: Breviary; France (Metz), 1302/1303; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Yates Thompson 8, f. 6r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man striking a tree to make the nuts fall to the ground where three pigs are eating them.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jul 1

hīg-sīþe, m.n: a hay-scythe. (HEE-SEE-thuh / ˈhiː-ˌsiː-θə) Image: July calendar page; Belgium (Liège), c. 1250; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.908.3, f. 1v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man wearing a hat mowing grass with a scythe.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 28

drenc-horn, m.n: drinking-horn. (DRENK-HORN / ˈdrɛnk-ˌhɔrn) Image: Reconstruction of a drinking horn with the original mounts; England (found at Taplow), 6th-7th centuries; @britishmuseum.bsky.social 1883,1214.20. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A large plaster drinking horn with silver-gilt and niello mounts that consist of bird head terminal with ribbing and a rim band with human and rosette motifs; triangular mounts run along the lower edge of the rim band.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 26

ege, m.n: fear, terror, dread; awe, respectful fear, reverence. (EH-yuh / ˈɛ-jə) Image: Siren and sailors in Physiologus; Germany/Bavaria, 13th century; @labnf.bsky.social lat. 10448, f. 119r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Poorly drawn medieval illustration of three sailors in a boat, their eyes wide in terror and hands clasped in prayer, and a siren with a woman’s head and arms and a fish tail and a mysterious forked limb protruding from its back.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 24

nafu-bor, n: an auger. (NA-vuh-BOR / ˈna-vʌ-ˌbɔr) Image: The torture of Leodegarius of Autun in Cuerden Psalter; England (Oxford), c. 1270; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.756, f. 10r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man using an auger to bore into the right eye of a bishop who calmly raises his right hand, crozier in his left.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 21

fulwiht-fæder, m.n: a baptizer (lit. ‘baptism-father’). (FULL-wi’ht-FADD-er / ˈfʌl-wɪxt-ˌfæ-dɛr) Image: Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine; France (Fécamp Abbey), c. 1185; The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB 76 F 13, f. 19r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus; a dove flies down to Jesus from heaven, and an angel stands beside him holding his robe.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 18

moððe, f.n: a moth. (MOTH-thuh / ˈmɔθ-θə) Image: Cocharelli Codex; Italy (Genoa), early 14th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 28841, f. 4v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a white moth with black and orange spots.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 15

weorc-līc, adj: working, busy. (WEH-ork-leech / ˈwɛɔrk-liːtʃ) Image: Vitae patrum; Italy (Naples), between 1350 and 1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.625, f. 30v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of a group of tonsured men, one of whom has a halo and an open book, sitting beside eleven ants that are carrying small objects (perhaps grain) across the ground.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 12

rād-wērig, adj: weary with riding or journeying. (RAWD-WAY-rih / ˈraːd-ˌweː-rɪj) Image: Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 233r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript illustration of two soldiers sleeping while leaning on their shields inside a castle-like building with a bell tower.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 9

wan-hāl, adj: imperfect as regards health or soundness of body; weak, sick, maimed, infirm. (WAHN-HALL / ˈwan-ˌhaːl) Image: Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 404, f. 87v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A barefoot person walks supported by a crutch under one arm in a medieval manuscript.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 6

hālig-rift, f.n: a holy garment, veil. (HA-lih-RIFT / ˈhaː-lɪj-ˌrɪft) Image: The veil forms a hammock in which the Trinity rests, partially covered, in the Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 404, f. 75r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval illustration of a large veil that holds two bearded haloed young men, who reach their arms up to touch the wings of the haloed dove that holds the veil aloft in its beak.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· Jun 3

hengen-wītnung, f.n: the punishment of imprisonment. (HENG-gehn-WEET-nung / ˈhɛŋ-gɛn-ˌwiːt-nʌŋ) Image: Sequential illustration of John the Baptist going to prison; Alsace, 4th quarter of the 12th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social MS Additional 42497, f. 1v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval sequential illustration of a haloed man being pushed into a prison and then seated behind bars looking dejected.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 31

slincan, str.v: to crawl; to slink away. (SLINK-ahn / ˈslɪn-kan) Image: Bestiaire of Pierre de Beauvais; France, 13th century; Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-3516, f. 205r. Read my Mōnaþ-spell (monthly update) on Patreon: buff.ly/LiIIfdA #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval illustration of a dragon-like creature pokes its red head and grey foot out of a rock; its stripy grey tail emerges from the opposite side.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 28

gewin-stōw, f.n: a place to contend in, battle-place, wrestling-place. (yeh-WIN-stoh / jɛ-ˈwɪn-stoː) Image: Gorleston Psalter; England (Suffolk), 1310-1324; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 49622, f. 210v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval marginalia of a giant snail facing off with a monkey. The monkey holds a shield and sword, while the snail has no weapons.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 25

ge-untrumian, wk.v: to make weak or sick; to be weak or sick. (yeh-UN-trum-i-ahn / jɛ-ˈʌn-trʌm-ɪ-an) Image: Personification of Old Age in Roman de la Rose; France (Paris), between 1340 and 1350; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.48, f. 4r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a white-bearded man wearing a hood with wimple, supporting himself with crutches that he holds in his hands.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 22

sam-wist, f.n: life together, cohabitation, matrimony. (SAHM-WIST / ˈsam-ˌwɪst) Image: Omne Bonum; England (London), 1360-1375; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal 6 E VI, f. 286v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a tonsured man joining the hands of a simply dressed man and woman, neither of whom look very excited over the matter.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 19

þrowend-hād, m.n: martyrdom. (THRO-wend-HAWD / ˈθrɔ-wɛnd-ˌhaːd) Image: Saint Denis and Saint Piatus in Livre d’images de madame Marie; France (Paris), c. 1280-1290; @labnf.bsky.social Nouvelle acquisition française 16251, f. 84v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of two haloed men whose heads have been sliced open across the forehead, with blood dripping down; they both hold the tops of their own bloody tonsured skulls in their hands.

Old English Wordhord@oewordhord· May 16

gǣrede, adj: triangular, wedge-shaped. (GAE-reh-duh / ˈgæː-rɛ-də) Image: Luttrell Psalter; England, c. 1325-1340; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add 42130, f. 80r. #OldEnglish #WOTD