I read your posts every day. As a rank amateur in linguistics, and hardly even that, I am continually struck by (1) how many words have come down 1,000-plus years hardly changed and sometimes not changed at all (e.g., “word”). And (2) How much OE sounds like modern German, of which I have a reading knowledge, such s OE’s -en (or -an) verb endings and the often silent, or y-sounding “g,” which lingers in Berlin dialect. I enjoyed reading your “Wordhord”–excellent book for us dilettantes)–and of course your daily offerings
Roger K. Miller
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin/USA chenangokid@gmail.com
Old English Wordhord 
I read your posts every day. As a rank amateur in linguistics, and hardly even that, I am continually struck by (1) how many words have come down 1,000-plus years hardly changed and sometimes not changed at all (e.g., “word”). And (2) How much OE sounds like modern German, of which I have a reading knowledge, such s OE’s -en (or -an) verb endings and the often silent, or y-sounding “g,” which lingers in Berlin dialect. I enjoyed reading your “Wordhord”–excellent book for us dilettantes)–and of course your daily offerings
Roger K. Miller
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin/USA
chenangokid@gmail.com
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I’m glad you enjoy the words! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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