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twelf, n/numeral/adj: twelve (12). (TWELF / ˈtwɛlf)

A commemorative wooden plaque with a tweet from @OEWordhord from 11 November 2013; it says hashtag Old English Word of the Day, hashtag word-hord, n, a word hoard, a store of words.
Today marks 12 years of the Old English Wordhord! What’s your favourite Old English word?

Ic ēow þancie, everyone who shared their favourite Old English word(s) for Old English Wordhord’s 12th birthday. May your hoards of words grow ever more wondrous. For my personal favourites, see the “hord highlights” category on this blog or on the Old English Wordhord App.

A word cloud of Old English words; the largest word is neorxnawang, and the other words are ān-genga, hrīmig, giccig, eorþ-nafela, wīd-gangol, mixen-duncge, eorcnan-stān, steor-wigle, mere-swīn, lār-þegn, gnorn-scyndende, ears-endu, lācniendlic, lǣce-getawu, clypnys, glædnes, twelf, milte-wærc, friþu, lufu, bēag-gyfa, ge-cūþlǣcan, heofon-hwealf, wæl-cēasiga, sund-hwæt, bed, hlīsa, fēðe-mund, collen-ferhþ, tungol, and hran-rād.

8 thoughts on “twelf”

  1. My favourites top 12:

    12. wīd-gangol

    11. mixen-duncge

    10. eorcnan-stān

    09. steor-wigle

    08. mere-swin

    07. lār-þegn

    06. gnorn-scyndende

    05. ears-endu😂

    04. lācniendlic

    03. lǣce-getawu

    02. clypnys

    01. the shared place of all the words that may come

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