stǣr, n.n: a history. (STAER / ˈstæːr)
This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is Wisdom’s words on wealth. Read it on Patreon.
Category Archives: language + writing
biter-wyrde
biter-wyrde, adj: bitter in speech, inclined to harsh words. (BIH-ter-WUER-duh / ˈbɪ-tɛr-ˌwyr-də)
ge-tingness
ge-tingness, f.n: eloquence, ease of speech. (yeh-TING-ness / jɛ-ˈtɪŋ-nɛs)
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.
word-loca
word-loca, m.n: ‘word-locker’, store of words. (WORD-LOCK-ah / ˈwɔɹd-ˌlɔ-ka)
stæf
stæf, m.n: written character, letter. (STAFF / ˈstæf)
folc-lār
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
bōc, f.n: book. (BOAK / ˈboːk)
word-sāwere
word-sāwere, m.n: word-sower, sower of words. (WORD-SAH-weh-ruh / ˈwɔɹd-ˌsaː-wɛ-ɹə)
gnornian
gnornian, wk.v: to feel grief, regret; to feel or express discontent, murmur. (G’NOR-ni-yahn / ˈgnɔɹ-nɪ-an)
