December 2011
Dustsceawung: Lombard Slices →
gunhilde:
Christmas Feasting, Medieval Style Courtesy of The Medieval Cookbook, by Maggie Black
Auter maner leche lumbarde. Take fayre Hony, and clarifi yt on the fyre tylle it wexe hard; then take hard yolkys of Eyroun, & kryme a gode quantyte ther-to tyl it be styf y-now; an thenne take it vppe, & ley…
Dustsceawung: Piment →
gunhilde:
Christmas Feasting, Medieval Style Courtesy of The Medieval Cookbook, by Maggie Black
Pur fait ypocras. Troys vnces de canell & iii vnces gyngeuer; spykenard de Spayn, le pays dun denerer; garyngale, clowes gylofre, poeure long, noiey mugadey, mayioyame, cardemonii, de chescun i quarter…
Dustsceawung: A Grete Pye →
gunhilde:
Christmas Feasting, Medieval Style Courtesy of The Medieval Cookbook, by Maggie Black
Grete pyes. Take faire yonge beef, And suet of a fatte beste, or of Motton, and hak all this on a borde small; and caste therto pouder of peper and salt; and when it is small hewen, put hit in a bolle, And…
Dustsceawung: Broiled Venison →
gunhilde:
Christmas Feasting, Medieval Style Courtesy of The Medieval Cookbook, by Maggie Black
The syde of a dere of hie grece. Wesch hem, do hem on a broch. Scotch hem ovyrtwarte & ayenne crosswyse in the maner of losyngys in the flesch syde. Rost hym; take redde wyn, poudyr of gynger, poudyr of pepyr…
Dustsceawung: Pine Nut Candy →
gunhilde:
Payne ragoun. Take hony and sugur cipre and clarifie it togydre, and boile it with esy fyre, and kepe it wel fro brennyng. And whan it hath yboiled a while, take vp a drope therof with thy fyngur and do it in a litel water, and loke if it hong togydre; and take it fro the fyre and do therto pynes…
Dustsceawung: Mushroom Pasties →
gunhilde:
Mushrooms of one night are the best, if they are small, red inside, and closed at the top: and they should be peeled and then washed in hot water and parboiled, and if you wish to put them in a pastry add oil, cheese and spice powder. (The Goodman of Paris, trans. Eileen Power, George Routledge…
Yule
mediumaevum:
The word “yule” derrives from the above “fruma jiuleis” (from the 4th century Gothic language) meaning November
note: Looks fine on the page, but not on the dash
Some good old nerd fun
mediumaevum:
Create a poem out of offered words, and then see which of them are Anglo Saxon, French and Viking origin (the words may seem unfit to create a meaningful poem, but the hilarity is guaranteed)
and if that didn’t satisfy your thirst for edu-fun
Try to spot the origins of a selection of objects (Anglo-Saxon, Viking or Norman)
FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR POEM when you’re done. I’ll post...
The Complete Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Poetry →
gunhilde:
Thank you University of Aberdeen!
King Alfred's Grammar Book →
gunhilde:
For anyone who wants to learn a bit of Old English.
Yet another incredible resource available online! The access we have to information these days is just astounding.
