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bōc-cist, f.n: a repository for books, either for reading or for sale. (BOAK-CHIST / ˈboːk-ˌtʃɪst)

Look for The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English at your local bōc-cist – it’s out in the US & Canada today! Find out more.

A book, The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, by Hana Videen, against a background of woven textiles. The cover background is white with a gold and red border with decorative gold dots. The title and author’s name are written inside an arched window shape, with a border of Old English words surrounding it: wæfre-gange, gafol-fisc, hring-finger, on-lucan, cwen, æg, dust, beo-gang, lig-draca, wyrd, dream-cræft, hærfest, and druncen-georn. The area surrounding the Old English word border has wood-cut style illustrations in red and gold, each in its own compartment but overlapping slightly: a spider, a fish, the letter h in a calligraphic style, a hand with a ring, a key, a woman carrying a basket of eggs, a bee, a dragon, an ink pot and quill with scroll of paper, a man playing a harp, a bundle of wheat, and a goblet.
Published in the UK by Profile Books on 11 November 2021. Published in the US and Canada by Princeton University Press today.

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  1. This is an excellent book for anyone who loves the English language. I am having so much joy in devouring this book. Thank you so very much for this excellent volume.

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  2. I don’t know when I last enjoyed a book so much and I ‘m not even halfway through yet. It compares with the excitement I felt over sixty years ago when I studied manorial economy at university. When I researched my family history I found nothing except English peasants and laborers as far back as I was able to go: my ancestors must have used some of these words . Thank you so much.
    ( now off to order The Bestiary)
    Peggy

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