geond-lēohtend, m.n: one who illuminates throughout or entirely; a hapax that mistakenly renders Latin perlustrator (one who examines entirely, surveyor) as if ‘illuminator of all’. (YEH-ond-LAY-o-h’tend / ˈjɛɔnd-ˌleːɔx-tɛnd)
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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.
wīsdōm, m.n: wisdom, knowledge, learning, philosophy. (WEEZ-doam / ˈwiːz-doːm)
Image: Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy; Austria (Salzburg), c. 1000; Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 15825, f. 1v.
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