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The Wordhord
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Format: epub
Size: 10.53 MB
Description: An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English-and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers
Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer's Middle English, Old English-the language of Beowulf-defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven't changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as...
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Title: The Wordhord
Author: Hana Videen
Language: English
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