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Old English Word of the Day, by Dr Hana Videen, author of THE WORDHORD: DAILY LIFE IN OLD ENGLISH and THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY.
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un-geþungen, adj: vile, base, ignoble. (UN-yeh-THUNG-gehn / ˈʌn-jɛ-ˌθʌŋ-gɛn)
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ne, adv: not. (neh / nɛ)
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Engla þēod, n: country or nation of the English. (ENG-gla-THAY-od / ˈɛŋ-gla-ˌθeːɔd)
Image: Matthew Paris map of Britain; England (St Albans), 1250; British Library, MS Cotton Claudius D VI, f. 12v.
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Accessibility question: I usually start alt text with “medieval manuscript image of” but I realize that the word “image” is repetitive since screen readers already say that word. Do I just say what it’s a picture of or do I specify that it is from a medieval manuscript? #alttext #accessibility
þrāg-bisig, adj: occupied for a time (?), periodically employed (?). (THRAW’CH-BIH-zih / ˈθraːx-ˌbɪ-zɪj)
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pundar, n.n: a plumb-line. (PUN-dar / ˈpʌn-dar)
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emne-cristen, m.n: a fellow Christian. (EM-nuh-KRISS-ten / ˈɛm-nə-ˌkrɪs-tɛn)
Image: Cistercian Gradual; Netherlands or Germany, early 14th century; Victoria & Albert Museum 8990A.
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ge-lēon, str.v: to grant, confer. (yeh-LAY-on / jɛ-ˈleːɔn)
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twisel-tōðe, adj: having the teeth forked or double. (TWIH-zell-TOE-thuh / ˈtwɪ-zɛl-ˌtoː-θə)
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twislung, f.n: forking, branching, partition. (TWIZ-lung / ˈtwɪz-lʌŋ)
Image: Li livres dou trésor; France (Arras or Thérouanne), 1300-1325; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.814, f. 63r.
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