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The Wordhord

Daily Life in Old English

Hana Videen

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...
Publish Date
2021-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
2021-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2022
Goodreads Rating
4.28
ISBN
9780691232744
Recommendations
1
Recommendations
2023-02-15T03:58:05.000Z
Three unusual & nifty books for those who love words! Grady +weird Covid vocabulary ⁦⁦@greystonebooks⁩ , Videen +Anglo-Saxon swears ‘n prayers ⁦@ProfileBooks⁩, Bo Seo +effective debate ⁦@penguinpress⁩ . Lotsa fun!      source