4 thoughts on “ge-coren”

1. Er someone has somehow forward a tweet about old English words to me yesterday…. Yes I am intrigued…..have glanced at your blurb but don’t fully understand it….. Are your words for the day ‘made up words’? ( on a computer or what?) Yea I am thick……… But don’t get me going on the old sea going term ‘tripy’

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   • They are indeed real words! Old English was the vernacular of England from over 1000 years ago. The most complete dictionary online is Bosworth-Toller: http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/. The University of Toronto is in the process of compiling a Dictionary of Old English with extensive info about occurrences and usage but they’ve only recently completed ‘H’ so they have a ways to go! (Here’s a link to an article about it: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uoft-dictionary-of-old-english-1.3924775)

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2. Thank you for your reply……. An old sailor in Liverpool told me that a nice little ‘tripy’ was a coastal trip in an ocean going ship….

   Do you happen to know if there is any connection with this word with any old english words..? Thank you

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   • I haven’t heard of that word, but you could have a look in Bosworth-Toller (link above) and see what you find.

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