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@slluttrell.bsky.socialSeptember 28th: The outdated word for today is "girdelstede," meaning "waist" (literally "the place where the girdle lives.")
Pronunciation (I think): gir-DELL-sted-EH.
Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press (Oxford).
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Ich doute nat that Chaucer wolde be wel plesed.
@slluttrell.bsky.socialSeptember 21st: The outdated word for today is "fyked," the past tense of the word meaning "to flinch."
Pronunciation (I think): FIKE'd.
Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press (Oxford).
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@michaelkearsley.bsky.socialPeople should be able to campaign in any language they want in whatever typeface they want, maybe #JRRTolkien would've released a leaflet in #Numenorean or #MiddleEnglish in #GothicScript.
@slluttrell.bsky.socialSeptember 14th: The outdated word for today is "ioparde," meaning "hazard." This comes from the Old French "ju parti," meaning "doubtful chance."
Pronunciation (I think): yeh-OH-PARD-uh.
Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press.