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Old English Wordhord<p>murcnung, f.n: complaint, murmuring. (MURK-nung / ˈmʌrk-nʌŋ)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
George Baily<p>Mæg þæt fæge wið þe beon.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldenglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starwarsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starwarsday</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>fūlnes, f.n: foulness, stench. (FOOL-ness / ˈfuːl-nɛs)<br>Image: Bonnacon in De Natura animalium; France (Cambrai), 1270-1275; Bibliothèque Municipale de Douai, Ms. 711, f. 8r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>smēagan, wk.v: to consider, ponder, examine, search, seek an opportunity. (SMAY-ah-gahn / ˈsmeːa-gan)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>foxunga, pl.n: foxlike wiles, tricks. (FAWK-sung-ga / ˈfɔk-sʌŋ-ga)<br>Image: Ormesby Psalter; England (East Anglia), 1250-1330; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366, f. 89r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>hand-cræft, m.n: skill or power of the hand. (HOND-KRAFT / ˈhand-ˌkræft)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>bēag-wīse, f.n: circular shape. (BAY-ahg-WEE-zuh / ˈbeːag-ˌwiː-zə)<br>Image: Summa theologiae of Thomas Aquinas; France, main text 13th century, doodle 14th or 15th century; Conches-en-Ouche, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 7, f. 62r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>fell, n.n: skin, hide. (FELL / ˈfɛl)<br>Image: Closeup of parchment from Leiden University Libraries, BPL 25 (9th century); photo by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@erik_kwakkel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>erik_kwakkel</span></a></span>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>feorh-ner, n.n: life’s preservation of salvation, a refuge, sustenance, nourishment. (FEH-or’h-nehr / ˈfɛɔrx-nɛr)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>locc, m.n: hair, lock of hair. (LOCK / ˈlɔk)<br>Image: St Mary of Egypt in the Taymouth Hours; England, 1325-35; British Library, Yates Thompson MS 13, f. 188v.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>cyte, f.n: cot, cottage, bedchamber, cell. (KUE-tuh / ˈky-tə)<br>Image: Pontifical; England, c. 1400-1410; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 079, f. 95v.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>emnettan, wk.v: to make even or equal, to regulate. (EM-net-tahn / ˈɛm-nɛt-tan)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>for-rotian, wk.v: to become wholly rotten, to rot, putrefy. (for-ROT-i-ahn / fɔr-ˈrɔ-tɪ-an)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>ǣrend-fæst, adj: bound on an errand. (AE-rend-fast / ˈæː-rɛnd-fæst)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Michael Martinez :verified:<p>I wrote this article in 2015. This week a storm in Great Britain named Eowyn stirred a lot of online searches that led to a brief boost in traffic to this article.</p><p>Meanwhile, over in Great Britain itself, some Irish and Scottish news sites (who shall go unnamed) appear to have used some of my text (maybe with slight editing) to explain to their readers the etymology of the name.</p><p>After years of having my articles raped by YouTubers I guess I'm getting used to it, but it would have been nice if these media sites had provided links.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lotr</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/middleearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>middleearth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jrrtolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jrrtolkien</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>welsh</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/oldenglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldenglish</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/greatbritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greatbritain</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gaelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaelic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://middle-earth.xenite.org/did-j-r-r-tolkien-invent-the-name-eowyn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">middle-earth.xenite.org/did-j-</span><span class="invisible">r-r-tolkien-invent-the-name-eowyn/</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>nett, n.n: web, net. (NET / ˈnɛt)<br>Image: Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, MS 404, f. 130r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>trēow-fugol, m.n: a tree-dwelling bird. (TRAY-oh-FUH-goll / ˈtreːɔw-ˌfʌ-gɔl)<br>Image: Peridexion tree in the Ashmole Bestiary; England (Peterborough? Lincoln?), 1201-1225; Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, f. 77v.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>īsen, n.n: iron. (EE-zen / ˈiː-zɛn)<br>Image: Iron brooch fastenings; England, 6th century; Rutland County Museum.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>gehroden, adj: adorned. (yeh-H’ROD-en / jɛ-ˈhrɔ-dɛn)<br>Image: Gold disk pendant; England (Kent), early 600s; Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>syllic, adj: strange, wonderful. (SUEL-litch / ˈsyl-lɪtʃ)<br>Image: Luttrell Psalter; England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 145r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
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