word-samnere

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word-samnere, m.n: a collector of words. Hapax: ‘cocologus’ in Harley Glossary.

I learned this word from @avreider‘s paper on lists and list words in Old English at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo and it’s definitely a favourite. Thanks, Alex!

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