ge-þweran

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ge-þweran, str.v: to stir, beat or mix together; to churn, make thick (as butter from cream); (poetically) to forge. (yeh-THWEH-rahn / jɛ-ˈθwɛ-ran)

In the margin of a medieval manuscript a cat stands on its hind legs churning butter.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 148r. [collections.library.yale.edu]

2 thoughts on “ge-þweran”

  1. I really look forward to my daily word. I’m teaching myself old English as I’m now old and English. A great way to keep my mind open.

    oh and just about to move house to an Anglo Saxon town.

    thank you.

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