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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 12h

brēost-gehygd, f/n.n: thought of the breast, innermost thought. (BRAY-ost-yeh-HUEGD / ˈbreːɔst-jɛ-ˌhygd) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

beadu-scearp, adj: sharp in or for battle. (BEH-ah-duh-SHEH-arp / ˈbɛa-dʌ-ˌʃɛarp) Image: Cornutis (a ‘horned serpent’) in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme; Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 123r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a hairy creature with a long tail, two large feet, a long neck and two sharp horns.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

and-lang, adj: (indicating duration, of a period of time) entire, continuous; (indicating position, of a person) being or standing at (someone’s) side. (AHND-lahng / ˈand-laŋg) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

ge-tinge, adj: skilful with the tongue, eloquent. (yeh-TING-guh / jɛ-ˈtɪŋ-gə) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

wind-bland, n.n: tumult of winds. (WIND-BLAWND / ˈwɪnd-ˌbland) Image: Diagram of the winds in a Cosmography; England, late 12th century; Walters Art Museum, W.73, f. 1v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

spēd, f.n: speed, success, means; prosperous issue, abundance, wealth; power, opportunity; progeny. (SPADE / ˈspeːd) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

a-lǣnan, wk.v: to lend; to lease (land). (ah-LAN-ahn / a-ˈlæː-nan) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ancor-setl, n.n: hermitage. (AHN-kor-SEH-tull / ˈan-kɔr-ˌsɛ-təl) Image: Timothy the Hermit in Vitae patrum; Italy (Naples), 1350-1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 85v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed man in a monk’s habit and a nun inside a hermitage, outside of which is a fountain and tree.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

heaþu-grimm, adj: battle-grim, fierce (as the fray of battle). (HEH-ah-thuh-GRIM / ˈhɛa-θʌ-ˌgrɪm) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

æcse, f.n: an axe. (ACK-suh / ˈæk-sə) Image: Augustinus; France (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux), first quarter of 12th century; @labnf.bsky.social Département des manuscrits, Latin 2012, f. 1v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

A medieval manuscript page with the letter C inhabited by a bird, a bear and two hunters, one of whom is shooting a with a bow, the other wielding an axe.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

þǣr-tōēacan, adv: besides, moreover. (THAER-toh-AY-ah-kahn / ˈθæːr-toː-ˌeːa-kan) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a-bifian, wk.v: to be moved or shaken, to tremble. (ah-BIH-vi-ahn / a-ˈbɪ-vɪ-an) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

godes gāst, n: God’s Spirit (Holy Spirit). (GOD-ess GAHST / ˈgɔd-ɛs ˈgaːst) Image: Baptism of Christ in Evangeliarium; France (Paris), 12th century; Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-206, f. 9r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a dove descending with what appears to be a bleeding heart above a naked haloed man, who is being blessed by a haloed bearded man in a hairy robe.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

syn-grin, n.n: the toil or snare which a sin constitutes. (SUEN-GRIN / ˈsyn-ˌgrɪn) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

gelāured, adj: mixed with juice (sap or oil?) or flowers of the bay laurel. (yeh-LAH-uh-red / jɛ-ˈlaː-ʌ-rɛd) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

gebed-mann, m.n: one who prays; (specifically) cleric. (yeh-BED-MAHN / jɛ-ˈbɛd-ˌman) Image: Bible moralisée; France, 14th century; @labnf.bsky.social Département des Manuscrits, Français 167, f. 302r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of two angels sitting piggyback on the shoulders of two monks.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

fyrd-mann, m.n: one who fights, soldier. (FUERD-MAHN / ˈfyrd-ˌman) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

weorc-mann, m.n: one who works, a labourer. (WEH-ork-MAHN / ˈwɛɔrk-ˌman) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

eodor, m.n: enclosure, fence, hedge, wall; zone, region; protector, protective lord. (EH-oh-dor / ˈɛɔ-dɔr) Image: Livre d'Heures de Jean Sans Peur; Flanders, 1409-1419; @labnf.bsky.social Département des manuscrits, NAL 3055, f. 178v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a man looking beyond the fence that surrounds a small building, a lantern in his lands; the wooden gate in the fence is shut.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

lār-lēast, f.n: lack of learning or instruction. (LAHR-LAY-ost / ˈlaːr-ˌleːast) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hors-camb, m.n: horse-comb, instrument for combing the hair of horses, curry-comb. (HORS-KAHMB / ˈhɔrs-ˌkamb) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

ancor-setl, n.n: prow. (AHN-kor-SEH-tull / ˈan-kɔr-ˈsɛ-təl) Image: Dialogi; Flanders (Liège), 12th century; Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale Albert I, Ms 9916-17, f. 61r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a boat with a man with giant hands raised in at the capstan and a beast head at the bow; a fish swims in the water below.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

giccig, adj: of skin diseases: itchy, irritating. (YIH-chih / ˈjɪ-tʃɪj) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

cyric-belle, f.n: church-bell, i.e., hand-bell used in church. (CHUE-rich-BELL-luh / ˈtʃy-rɪtʃ-ˌbɛl-lə) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

camp-dōm, m.n: warfare. (KAHMP-dome / ˈkamp-doːm) Image: Roda Bible; Spain (Catalonia), 11th century; @labnf.bsky.social Latin 6 (2), f. 21r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Unfinished line drawing in a medieval manuscript depicting a battle with soldiers, some dead, others alive and fighting, bearing swords, spears and shields.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

eald-hād, m.n: old age. (EH-ald-hawd / ˈɛald-haːd) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

sweorfan, str.v: to rub, scour, file. (SWEH-or-vahn / ˈswɛɔr-van) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

un-rōtness, f.n: sorrow. (UN-ROAT-ness / ˈʌn-ˌroːt-nɛs) Image: The apostle Peter in a lectionary; Turkey (Istanbul), mid 12th century; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.692, f. 183r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a haloed, grey-haired man, eyes closed with a somber expression as he holds a cloth to his face, perhaps weeping.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

stæg, n.n: a stay, a rope supporting a mast. (STAEY / ˈstæj) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

web-wyrhta, m.n: ‘cloth-worker’, a fuller, a worker who cleanses wool through the process of fulling. (WEB-WUER’H-ta / ˈwɛb-ˌwyrx-ta) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

lǣden-geþēode, n.n: the Latin language. (LAD-en-yeh-THAY-odd-uh / ˈlæː-dɛn-jɛ-ˌθeːɔ-də) Image: Incipit from the Gospel of Matthew, Lindisfarne Gospels; England (Lindisfarne), c. 715-720; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Cotton MS Nero D.IV, f. 27r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript page with Latin words written in different styles, the largest word (LIBER) taking up the entire height and width of the page, decorated with zoomorphic imagery and interlace knot work in different colours.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

bēag-gyfa, m.n: giver of treasure, lord. (BAY-ahg-YUE-va / ˈbeːag-ˌjy-va) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

bill, n.n: sword; pruning hook or blade, implement for cutting wood; hoe, mattock, digging implement. (BILL / ˈbɪl) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

fela, adj/adv: much, a great number, many. (FELL-ah / ˈfɛ-la) Image: Partridges in a bestiary; N Italy, c. 1290; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.459, f. 18v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of five of six birds flying toward a bird walking on the ground; the sixth bird flies away from the others.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

am-byre, adj: (referring to wind) favourable. (AHM-bue-ruh / ˈam-by-rə) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

wine-wincla, m/f.n: a periwinkle. (WIN-uh-WINK-la / ˈwɪ-nə-wɪnk-la) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

cifes, f.n: concubine, with reference both to the formal legal status of concubinage and to unlawful sexual relationships (the distinction is sometimes difficult to make). (CHIV-ess / ˈtʃɪ-vɛs) Image: Taymouth Hours; England, c. 1325-35; British Library, Yates Thompson 13, f. 167v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a monk putting his arms around a woman in a long blue gown whose veil is blowing off her shoulders.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

þrȳþ-swīþ, adj: exceedingly powerful. (THRUETH-SWEETH / ˈθryːθ-ˌswiːθ) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

fealcen, m.n: falcon. (FEH-all-kun / ˈfɛal-kən) Image: Falcon of Kildare in Gerald of Wales’s Topographia Hibernica; England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-1223; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Royal MS 13 B VIII, f. 22r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a falcon perched on the steeple of a church.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

fōr-racu, f.n: itinerary, account of a journey. (for-RAH-kuh / foːr-ˈra-kʌ) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ōþ-glīdan, v: to glide away. (OATH-GLEE-dahn / ˈoːθ-ˌgliː-dan) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

mūs-fealu, adj: mouse-coloured. (MOOS-FEH-ah-luh / ˈmuːs-ˌfɛa-lʌ) Image: Ormesby Psalter; England (East Anglia), 1250-1330; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 366, f. 131r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript marginalia of a fat cat staring at a large brown mouse that is peeking out of a hole.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

gemet-fæt, n.n: a measuring-vessel, a measure. (yeh-MET-FAT / jɛ-ˈmɛt-ˌfæt) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

or-firme, adj: uncleanly, squalid. (OR-virm-uh / ˈɔr-vɪr-mə) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

cȳpe, f.n: basket. (KUE-puh / ˈkyː-pə) Image: Arthurian romances; France, 1290-1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 229, f. 66v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of two monkeys in a large basket on the back of a man leaning on a walking stick.

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

heofon-weard, m.n: guardian of heaven, God. (HEH-o-von-WEH-ard / ˈhɛɔ-vɔn-ˌwɛard) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

here-hūþ, f.n: spoils of war, booty, loot, plunder. (HEH-ruh-HOOTH / ˈhɛ-rə-ˌhuːθ) #OldEnglish #WOTD

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Old English Wordhord @oewordhord.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

wull-flēos, n.n: a fleece of wool. (WULL-FLAY-oss / ˈwʌl-ˌfleːɔs) Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Bibliothèque Municipale de Valenciennes, MS 320, f. 74v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a wooly sheep.

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