AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL WORDS & PHRASES

As collected by John of the Kuldees

Warderere! (Look Out, Behind You!)
In battle, she/he is an uryn to the uncunning. (Is like a spider awaiting the unprepared.)
That one handles an epee like a tord skeet ! (Handles a sword like a dung shovel)
A pokkes in her gargot for her spoken pseudomancy! (I wish a bad disease in her throat for her phoney show of spiritualism!)
A backberend lordswike is not worth a bordar's spittle. ( A backstabbing person is not good enough for the spit of the lowliest of peasants! )
His flyting could parbreak a blowess (His coarse speech would make a beggar's wench puke!)
He wins thusly with prat and mithe. (He moves by trick and concealment.)
The amanuensis requires a poyntel. (The secretary requires a pencil (or stylus).)
Never sneb a warluck ! (Never reprimand or reprove a warlock!)
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