# oldenglish wotd wordoftheday

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

belle, f.n: bell. (BELL-uh / ˈbɛl-lə) Image: Gospel Lectionary; France (Paris), late 13th century; Add MS 17341, f. 6v.

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2022-12-24

mete-seax, n.n: a knife used in cutting food, dagger. (MEH-tuh-SEH-ahks / ˈmɛ-tə-ˌsɛaks) Image: Bede's Prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), 12th century; Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 28v.

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2022-09-11

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

gūþ-gelāca, m.n: a companion, comrade in war, a warrior. (GOOTH-yeh-LAH-ka / ˈguːθ-jɛ-ˈla-ka) Image: Bréviaire de Renaud de Bar; France (Metz), 1302-1304; Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, f. 89r.

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2022-09-03

blōwan, str.v: to bloom, flourish, blossom. (BLO-wan / ˈbloː-wan) Image: Horae ad usum Briocensem, 1410-30; NAL 3194, f. 116v.

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2022-09-01

mixen, f.n: a dung-heap. (MICK-sen / ˈmɪk-sɛn) Image: Job on the dung hill by ‘Sub-Fauvel’ master; France, 1320-1340; 71 A 23.

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2022-07-05

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

scūr-boga, m.n: rainbow. (SHOOR-BO-gha / ˈʃuːr-ˌbɔ-xa) Image: Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 16v.

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2022-06-05

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

luf-rǣdenn, f.n: love. (LUV-RAE-den / ˈlʌv-ˌræː-dɛn) Image: Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th-12th century; Cotton MS Claudius B IV, f. 12v.

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2022-02-14

mete, m.n: food. (MEH-tuh / ˈmɛ-tə) Image: Lancelot-Grail (Prose Vulgate Cycle); N France (Saint-Omer or Tournai), 1316; Add MS 10293, f. 376r.

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2022-01-11

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