worn-gehāt

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worn-gehāt, n.n: a promise of a numerous progeny. (WORN-yeh-HAHT / ˈwɔrn-jɛ-ˌhaːt)

For this week’s Wordhord Wednesday I’ve recorded myself reading a passage of Christ II in Old English, which makes use of the wonderful word wīd-wegas. Listen on Patreon.

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Class in Bohemia, from a Latin manuscript. Bohemia, late 14th century. Wikimedia Commons. [commons.wikimedia.org]

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