@oewordhord.bsky.socialsealt, n.n: salt (literally and figuratively). (SEH-alt / ˈsɛalt)
Image: Lot’s wife is turned into a pillar of salt in the Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Cotton Claudius B IV, f. 33r.
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialun-getogen, adj: uneducated. (UN-yeh-TAW-yen / ˌʌn-jɛ-ˈtɔ-jɛn)
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialbrēost-gehygd, f/n.n: thought of the breast, innermost thought. (BRAY-ost-yeh-HUEGD / ˈbreːɔst-jɛ-ˌhygd)
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialbeadu-scearp, adj: sharp in or for battle. (BEH-ah-duh-SHEH-arp / ˈbɛa-dʌ-ˌʃɛarp)
Image: Cornutis (a ‘horned serpent’) in Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme; Flanders, c. 1350; Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 123r.
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialand-lang, adj: (indicating duration, of a period of time) entire, continuous; (indicating position, of a person) being or standing at (someone’s) side. (AHND-lahng / ˈand-laŋg)
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialge-tinge, adj: skilful with the tongue, eloquent. (yeh-TING-guh / jɛ-ˈtɪŋ-gə)
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@ligne-claire.bsky.social@grahamscheper.bsky.social I bought this after watching your video, and I wondered if you felt it was best for the first time reader to just jump straight into reading the poem itself, or should one read the extensive introduction and translator's notes first? What do you think? #Beowulf #OldEnglish
@toebi.bsky.social📢Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
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📖 Old English Biblical Prose: Translation, Adaptation, Interpretation
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@sibealmccoy.bsky.social@oewordhord.bsky.socialwind-bland, n.n: tumult of winds. (WIND-BLAWND / ˈwɪnd-ˌbland)
Image: Diagram of the winds in a Cosmography; England, late 12th century; Walters Art Museum, W.73, f. 1v.
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialspēd, f.n: speed, success, means; prosperous issue, abundance, wealth; power, opportunity; progeny. (SPADE / ˈspeːd)
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@oewordhord.bsky.sociala-lǣnan, wk.v: to lend; to lease (land). (ah-LAN-ahn / a-ˈlæː-nan)
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@gamingodyssee.bsky.socialWer Altenglisch lernen will hat in der Demo zu 'Wēlandes' Gelegenheit dazu 💡
@slluttrell.bsky.socialSeptember 18th: The outdated word for today is "godcund," meaning "sacred." Its antonym is "weorld-cund" ("secular").
Pronunciation: gud-CUHND.
Source: Earle, J. (1884.) Anglo-Saxon Literature. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialancor-setl, n.n: hermitage. (AHN-kor-SEH-tull / ˈan-kɔr-ˌsɛ-təl)
Image: Timothy the Hermit in Vitae patrum; Italy (Naples), 1350-1375; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.626, f. 85v.
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@oewordhord.bsky.socialheaþu-grimm, adj: battle-grim, fierce (as the fray of battle). (HEH-ah-thuh-GRIM / ˈhɛa-θʌ-ˌgrɪm)
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@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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