@jwwanzer.bsky.socialI am currently reading Lafayllve @60% and Harrison @40%, the book pile: #deism & #pantheism philosophies, #AngloSaxon & #Norse history and literature, #OldEnglish, #OldNorse languages, and runic symbolism. So many books, so little time. #booksky #pagan #wiccan #witchsky #asatru #runes #philosophy
@oewordhord.bsky.socialsōþ-sagu, f.n: true speech, truth; a true saying, history. (SOATH-SAH-guh / ˈsoːθ-ˌsa-gʌ)
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@toebi.bsky.social📢 Registration is open‼️
📜 #TOEBI Conference 2026: All Kinds of People
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialæcse, f.n: an axe. (ACK-suh / ˈæk-sə)
Image: Augustinus; France (Saint-Amand-les-Eaux), first quarter of 12th century; @labnf.bsky.social Département des manuscrits, Latin 2012, f. 1v.
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@toebi.bsky.social📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜The #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖 Disrupting Categories, 1050–1250: Rethinking the Humanities through Premodern Texts
✍️Elaine Treharne
📲 ARC Humanities Press: www.arc-humanities.org/978180270086...
@oewordhord.bsky.socialþǣr-tōēacan, adv: besides, moreover. (THAER-toh-AY-ah-kahn / ˈθæːr-toː-ˌeːa-kan)
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@oewordhord.bsky.sociala-bifian, wk.v: to be moved or shaken, to tremble. (ah-BIH-vi-ahn / a-ˈbɪ-vɪ-an)
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialgodes gāst, n: God’s Spirit (Holy Spirit). (GOD-ess GAHST / ˈgɔd-ɛs ˈgaːst)
Image: Baptism of Christ in Evangeliarium; France (Paris), 12th century; Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-206, f. 9r.
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@toebi.bsky.social📢 Registration is open‼️
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@backhouse06.bsky.socialThe Mystery Behind 'Ashton-under-Lyne'
AI-narrated, sourced explainer.
@slluttrell.bsky.socialSeptember 18th: The outdated word for today is "laguflōd," meaning "sea" (literally "flow of liquid").
Pronunciation (I think): lah-YU-flohd.
Source: Earle, J. (1884.) Anglo-Saxon Literature. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
See you Monday!
@oewordhord.bsky.socialsyn-grin, n.n: the toil or snare which a sin constitutes. (SUEN-GRIN / ˈsyn-ˌgrɪn)
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialgelāured, adj: mixed with juice (sap or oil?) or flowers of the bay laurel. (yeh-LAH-uh-red / jɛ-ˈlaː-ʌ-rɛd)
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@leofrun84.bsky.socialTook a summer break from OE (and really studying in general because life), but now it's fall and my school brain is back on. Jumping into the Chronicle, specifically Peterborough so I can attempt a seamless transition into Middle English once I'm done.
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📜 Narrative Art and Design in Old English Literature
📆 8–9 Apr 2027
📌 University of Oxford
🗣️ Keynote speaker: Dr Rafał Borysławski (University of Silesia) ‘Patterns of fragility: Emotive Designs and Old English Wisdom Poetry’
⏰ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026
@oewordhord.bsky.socialgebed-mann, m.n: one who prays; (specifically) cleric. (yeh-BED-MAHN / jɛ-ˈbɛd-ˌman)
Image: Bible moralisée; France, 14th century; @labnf.bsky.social Département des Manuscrits, Français 167, f. 302r.
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@virginicus.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy@jtauber.com Hwæt leoht geondre fenstre þurhbreocað? #OldEnglish
@oewordhord.bsky.socialfyrd-mann, m.n: one who fights, soldier. (FUERD-MAHN / ˈfyrd-ˌman)
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@gamingodyssee.bsky.social@gamingodyssee.bsky.socialIm für Steam entwickelten Wēlandes von The Shimmer Index werden Rätsel durch Übersetzen aus dem Altenglischen ins moderne EN gelöst
Gedichte, mythische- und heilkundliche Texte, Botanik etc.💡
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