belt, n: belt, girdle. (BELT / ˈbɛlt)
Image: Moralia in Job; France (Cîteaux Abbey), 12th century; Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 168, f. 4v.
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cyne-hlāford, m.n: royal lord, lord and king. (KUE-nuh-H’LAW-vord / ˈky-nə-ˌhlaː-vɔrd)
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under-beginnan, v: to attempt. (UN-der-beh-YIN-nahn / ˈʌn-dɛr-bɛ-ˌjɪn-nan)
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Somehow I'd never realized that the digitization of the Exeter Book includes raking light photographs of drypoint images in the margins!
Overview here: theexeterbook.exeter.ac.u… and you can click through to the manuscript viewer to zoom in.
#medievalsky #manuscripts #oldenglish
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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.
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hremn, m.n: raven. (H’REH-mun / ˈhrɛ-mən)
Image: Psalter of Isabelle of France; England (York), 1303-1308; Munich, @bsbmuenchen.bsky.social Cod.gall. 16, f. 52r.
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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.
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drūt, f.n: a friend, beloved one. (DROOT / ˈdruːt)
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ād-lama, m.n: (of devils) one maimed by fire. (AHD-la-ma / ˈaːd-la-ma)
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ōþ-flītan, str.v: to get from another by litigation. (OATH-FLEE-tahn / ˈoːθ-ˌfliː-tan)
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oretta, m.n: one who strives, a combatant, warrior, champion. (OR-et-ta / ˈɔ-rɛt-ta)
Image: Vincent of Beauvais’s Speculum historiale; France, c. 1294-1297; Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 130II, f. 319v.
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lāð, adj: hostile, malign, bearing hate toward another. (LAWTH / ˈlaːθ)
Image: Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 168v.
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cyne-hlāford, m.n: royal lord, lord and king. (KUE-nuh-H’LAW-vord / ˈky-nə-ˌhlaː-vɔrd)
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August 7th: The outdated word for today is "ānhaga," meaning "recluse" (literally "one who dwells alone." )
Pronunciation (I think): ain-HAH-GAH
Source: Riddle 5: "Shield," from Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501, tenth century AD.
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under-beginnan, v: to attempt. (UN-der-beh-YIN-nahn / ˈʌn-dɛr-bɛ-ˌjɪn-nan)
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belt, n: belt, girdle. (BELT / ˈbɛlt)
Image: Moralia in Job; France (Cîteaux Abbey), 12th century; Dijon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms 168, f. 4v.
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ōþ-flītan, str.v: to get from another by litigation. (OATH-FLEE-tahn / ˈoːθ-ˌfliː-tan)
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ād-lama, m.n: (of devils) one maimed by fire. (AHD-la-ma / ˈaːd-la-ma)
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Es gibt eine Neuauflage (Fifth Edition) des großartigen Electronic Beowulf.
Bin sehr gespannt, wie es jetzt geworden ist.
#Beowulf #OldEnglish #Altenglisch
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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.
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Joseph Bosworth, The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar, with Copious Notes, Illustrating the Structure of the Saxon and the Formation of the English Language and a Grammatical Praxis with a Literal English Version (1823)
#OldEnglish #scholarship #research
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slipor, adj: slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily; slipping easily, easily moved; foul. (SLIP-or / ˈslɪ-pɔr)
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un-clǣne, adj: unclean, impure. (UN-KLAN-uh / ˈʌn-ˌklæː-nə)
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July 31st: The outdated word for today is "sunn-sceadu," meaning "sun-shade" or "veil."
Pronunciation (I think): sun-SHAD-oo.
Source: Wright, T. (1857.) A Volume of Vocabularies. Liverpool: Privately printed. See page 238, column 2.
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