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This week’s Wordhord Wednesday post is on the most popular word for each month in 2022. It’s also post number 325 so it’s free for all to read. I make every 25th post free (links to all of them here). Read this week’s post on Patreon.

scop

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Hana Videen

scop, m.n: poet. (SHOP / ˈʃɔp)

Medieval manuscript image of a hare standing on its hind legs and playing a golden harp with its forefeet. — Maastricht Hours; Liège, early 14th century; British Library, Stowe MS 17, f. 92v. [bl.uk]

bēor-þegu

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Hana Videen

bēor-þegu, f.n: carousal, drinking of bēor (an alcoholic drink brewed from various fruits and honey). (BAY-or-THEH-guh / ˈbeːɔr-ˌθɛ-gʌ)

æppel-hūs

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Hana Videen

æppel-hūs, n.n: storehouse for fruit. (AP-pell-HOOS / ˈæp-pɛl-ˌhuːs)

feþer

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Hana Videen

feþer, f.n: feather; (in plural) wings; quill, pen. (FEH-ther / ˈfɛ-θɛr)

Medieval manuscript image of a stork with long brown tail feathers taking a step and eating a very long worm that is hanging out of its beak. — Stork in Gerald of Wales’s Topography of Ireland; N England (Lincoln?), c. 1196-c.1223; British Library, Royal 13 B VIII, f. 9v. [bl.uk]

sōþlīce

Posted on December 21, 2022 by Hana Videen

sōþlīce, adv: truly, really, certainly. (SOATH-LEE-chuh / ˈsoːθ-ˌliː-tʃə)

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