Mastodawn

frēogan, wk.v: to free, liberate (someone/something); to rescue, release; to love (mainly in poetry); to caress, embrace (someone) lovingly. (FRAY-o-gahn / ˈfreːɔ-gan)
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Old English Wordhord Apr 23, 2025

ymb-fæþmian, wk.v: to embrace, clasp. (umb-FATH-mi-ahn / ymb-ˈfæθ-mɪ-an)
Image: St Mary embracing St Elisabeth in the Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine; France, c. 1185; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB 76 F 13, f. 15r.
Happy Hug a Medievalist Day!
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Holland House Books Mar 31, 2025

What it says on the label....

Who is your favourite medievalist in novels?
Ellis Peters (Brother Cadfael)?
Tracy Chevalier? (The Lady and the Unicorn) ?
Ken Follet? (PIllars of the Earth)
Umberto Eco?

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Old English Wordhord Mar 31, 2024

ymb-clypping, f.n: an embrace. (umb-KLUEP-ping / ymb-ˈklyp-pɪŋ)
Happy Hug a Medievalist Day (and also Ēaster-dæg to those who celebrate)!
Image: Rochester Bible; England (Rochester), c. 1125-1140; British Library, Royal MS 1 C VII, f. 92r.
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Old English Wordhord Mar 31, 2023

#OldEnglish #WOTD: clypnys, f.n: an embrace. (KLUEP-nuess / ˈklyp-nys)
It’s #HugAMedievalistDay!
Image: Joanna of Paris in Gerald of Wales’s Topographia Hiberniae; England, c. 1196-1223; British Library, Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 19v.