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twelf

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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.

dēop

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dēop, adj: deep, extending downwards; describing the extreme of range (of understanding, thought, doctrine, oaths, etc.), profound, complete. (DAY-op / ˈdeːɔp)

Medieval manuscript illustration of a whale underwater gulping several fish into its mouth.
Bestiaire of Guillaume le Clerc; France, late 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 14964, f. 150v. [bestiary.ca]