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feþer, f.n: feather; quill, pen. (FEH-ther / ˈfɛ-θɛr) Image: Stork in Gerald of Wales’s Topography of Ireland; N England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-c.1223; Royal 13 B VIII, f. 9v.

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2022-12-27

ā-melcan, str.v: to milk. (ah-MELL-kahn / a-ˈmɛl-kan) Image: Bestiary; S England (Salisbury?), 2nd quarter of 13th century; Harley 4751, f. 23r.

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2022-09-06

ge-sweorc, n.n: cloud, mist, smoke. (yeh-SWEH-ork / jɛ-ˈswɛɔrk) Image: Getty Apocalypse; England (probably London), c. 1255-60; MS. Ludwig III 1, f. 21r.

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2022-06-26

My WotD: Kyrofelonoshophobia
a morbid or irrational fear of cartoon characters

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2022-06-24

folgian, wk.v: to follow. (FOL-yih-ahn / ˈfɔl-jɪ-an) Image: Bestiary; N Italy, c. 1290; MS M.459, f. 5r.

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2022-06-13

My WotD: Cabotage
trade or transport in coastal waters or between 2 points in a country

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2022-05-10

wæterian, wk.v: to water, supply with water. (WAE-teh-ri-ahn / ˈwæ-tɛ-rɪ-an) Image: Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; Add MS 42130, f. 181r.

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2022-03-22

hrēre-mūs, f.n: bat. (HRAY-ruh-MOOS / ˈhreː-rə-ˌmuːs) Image: Aberdeen Bestiary; England, c. 1200; Univ. Lib. MS 24, f. 51v.

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2022-03-19

My WotD: Feretrophobia
a morbid or irrational fear of caskets, coffins, & being buried alive

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2022-01-10

My WotD: Chionoandrophobia
a morbid or irrational fear of snowmen

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2021-12-24

spellian, wk.v: to talk, converse, discourse; to announce, proclaim, utter, tell. (SPEH-li-ahn / ˈspɛ-lɪ-an) Image: Morte Artu; France (St Omer or Tournai?), c. 1315-1325; Royal MS 14 E iii, f. 146r.

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2021-09-04

My WoTD: Coruscating
flashing; sparkling; brilliant; clever; humourous; scathing

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2021-02-19

onettan, wk.v: to hasten, move rapidly. (oh-NET-tahn) Image: Verdun Breviary; France (Metz), c. 1302-1305; Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, f. 8r; via .

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2020-03-14

regn-scūr, m.n: a shower of rain, a shower. (RAYN-shoor) Image: Croesus in John Lydgate’s trans. of Boccaccio’s Fall of Princes; England (probably Suffolk), c. 1450-60; MS Harley 1766, f. 133r.

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2019-04-11

lēac-tric, m.n: a lettuce. (LAY-ock-tritch) Image: Tacuinum Sanitatis of Rouen, early 15th century; Rouen nouvelles bibliothèques via . Patrons, you have 1 week to send me your words for Find out more: https://t.co/wrbzVliH1R.

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2018-09-17

mēdren, adj: maternal, (of lineage) on the mother's side. (MAY-dren) Image: French Book of Hours, c. 1440; MS M.63, f. 65r.

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2018-05-13

umbor, n.n: a child. (“OOM-bor”) Image:

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2017-08-06

Carcinology. The scientific study of crustaceans. Enjoy 1830s crustacean via https://t.co/Izaw8IIfCz

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2017-05-12