word-hord

word-hord, n.n: a word-hoard, a store of words. (WORD-HORD / ˈwɔɹd-ˌhɔɹd)

Today is a word-of-the-day redux from 2,731 days (and words) ago. I try not to repeat words, but I’m making an exception today because of a special announcement.

My book The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English will be published exactly six months from today!

Find out more and pre-order at oldenglishwordhord.com/book.

The Wordhord will be published in the UK by Profile Books on 4 November 2021.

Ever been to neorxnawang (paradise)? Or heard of a gafol-fisc (tax-fish)? Or spoken a word (word)? Discover the magic of Old English... coming November 2021.

word-loca

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Hana Videen

word-loca, m.n: ‘word-locker’, store of words. (WORD-LOCK-ah / ˈwɔɹd-ˌlɔ-ka)

stæf

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Hana Videen

stæf, m.n: written character, letter. (STAFF / ˈstæf)

Medieval manuscript image of a monk writing in a manuscript with a quill and penknife, with a hooded monstrous creature forming part of the large letter F in which he sits. — Biblia sacra. Zurich(?), 1260-1280. Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 1, f. 1r. [e-codices.unifr.ch]

folc-lār

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Hana Videen

folc-lār, f.n: homily, lit. ‘people-instruction’ (despite the similarity, modern English ‘folklore’ developed independently with a different meaning). (FOLK-LAHR / ˈfɔlk-ˌlaːɹ)

This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on ‘new-farers’. Read it on Patreon.

bōc

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Hana Videen

bōc, f.n: book. (BOAK / ˈboːk)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman at a desk writing in a book, with a small dog at her feet. — Christine de Pizan, from the *Book of the Queen*. France (Paris), c. 1410-c. 1414. British Library, Harley MS 4431, f. 4r. [blogs.bl.uk]

word-sāwere

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Hana Videen

word-sāwere, m.n: word-sower, sower of words. (WORD-SAH-weh-ruh / ˈwɔɹd-ˌsaː-wɛ-ɹə)

gnornian

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Hana Videen

gnornian, wk.v: to feel grief, regret; to feel or express discontent, murmur. (G’NOR-ni-yahn / ˈgnɔɹ-nɪ-an)

sār-cwide

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Hana Videen

sār-cwide, m.n: a speech that is intended to give pain, injurious or affronting speech, reproach, bitter words; a speech in which grief is expressed, a lament. (SAHR-KWIH-deh / ˈsaːɹ-ˌkwɪ-dɛ)