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Old English Wordhord<p>twēo, m.n: doubt, uncertainty. (TWAY-oh / ˈtweːɔ)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>hæg-þorn, m.n: hawthorn. (HAIE-THORN / ˈhæj-ˌθɔrn)<br>Image: Tractatus de herbis; Italy, late 13th century; British Library, Egerton MS 747, f. 15r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>samnian, wk.v: to collect, assemble, bring together, gather. (SAHM-ni-ahn / ˈsam-nɪ-an)<br>Image: Fables of Bidpai; S Italy, 10th or 11th century; Morgan Library &amp; Museum, MS M.397, f. 7r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Medievalists.net<p>30 Words that Changed their Meaning Between the Middle Ages and Modern Times <a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2024/12/words-changed-meaning-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">medievalists.net/2024/12/words</span><span class="invisible">-changed-meaning-middle-ages/</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>ealde-mōder, f.n: grandmother. (EH-al-duh-MO-der / ˈɛal-də-ˌmoː-dɛr)<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>ǣwisc-mōd, adj: ashamed, disgraced. (AE-wish-MOAD / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌmoːd)<br>Image: Psalter; England (Oxford), between 1212 and 1220; Morgan Library &amp; Museum, MS M.43, f. 9r.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldEnglish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WOTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOTD</span></a></p>