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Old English Wordhord<p>sinc-fæt, n.n: costly vessel, vessel of gold or of silver. (SINK-VAT / ˈsɪnk-ˌvæt)<br>Image: One of eight painted miniatures of scenes from the infancy of Christ; possibly Netherlands or France, c. 1200; British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1, f. 9r.<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>hyrd-rǣden, n: guardianship, care, keeping. (HUERD-RADD-en / ˈhyrd-ˌræː-dɛn)<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>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>Today (Aug 18) is <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HeliumDiscoveryDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeliumDiscoveryDay</span></a> marking the eclipse observation by Pierre Jules Janssen, who along with Joseph Lockyer is credited with the discovery of helium, so the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectedAtBirth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the week is HELIUM/SOLAR/SUN <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wotd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/helium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helium</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sun</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingcomm</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>pard, n: leopard or panther. (PARD / ˈpard)<br>Image: Bestiary; England, 13th century; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 3630, f. 75v.<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>genēat, m.n: companion, associate, vassal. (yeh-NAY-aht / jɛ-ˈneːat)<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>þyldig, adj: patient. (THUEL-dih / ˈθyl-dɪj)<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>uppian, wk.v: to mount up, rise. (UP-pi-ahn / ˈʌp-pɪ-an)<br>Image: Manuscript leaf with the Assumption of the Virgin from an antiphonary illuminated by Niccolò di ser Sozzo; Italy (Siena), c. 1340; The Metropolitan Museum of Art 96.32.12.<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>ge-yrsian, wk.v: to anger, make angry; to be angry. (yeh-UER-zi-ahn / jɛ-ˈyr-zɪ-an)<br>Image: Queen Mary Psalter; England, c. 1310-1320; British Library, Royal MS 2 B VII, f. 205r.<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>lēod-þēaw, m.n: custom of a people or country. (LAY-odd-THAY-aw / ˈleːɔd-ˌθeːa)<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>
J<p><a href="https://phalanstere.social/tags/WotD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WotD</span></a> et faux-typos</p><p>Megrim: low spirits, migraine<br>Alarum: apprehension, alarm<br>Bathos et bathetic: exceptional commonplaceness, sentimentalism<br>Gramarye: necromancy, magic, grammar</p><p>(Découverts dans «&nbsp;The Saint of Bright Doors&nbsp;» de Vajra Chandrasekera)</p><p>Poke <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@temptoetiam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>temptoetiam</span></a></span></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>lǣs, f.n: pasture. (LASS / ˈlæːs)<br>Image: Luttrell Psalter; N England (Lincolnshire), 1325-1340; British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 87v.<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>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectedAtBirth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the week is HEAT DOME/DANGEROUS <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wotd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HeatDome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeatDome</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/hot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hot</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>danger</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heatwave</span></a></p>
Old English Wordhord<p>wīd-gangol, adj: rambling, roving, wandering. (WEED-GANG-goll / ˈwiːd-ˌgaŋ-gɔl)<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>hāwian, wk.v: to view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect. (HA-wi-ahn / ˈhaː-wɪ-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>a-myrgan, wk.v: to cheer, delight. (ah-MUER-gahn / a-ˈmyr-gan)<br>Image: Roman de la Rose; France (Paris), 1320-1340; British Library, Royal MS 20 A XVII, f. 9r.<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>ge-cūþlǣcan, wk.v: to make friends with, attach oneself to. (yeh-KOOTH-LATCH-ahn / jɛ-ˈkuːθ-ˌlæː-tʃan)<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>cylin, f.n: kiln. (KUE-lin / ˈky-lɪn)<br>Image: Livre de la Vigne nostre Seigneur; France, 1450-1470; Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, f. 82v.<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>ham, m.n: undergarment, undershirt, tunic. (HAHM / ˈham)<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>ge-price, n: a point or comma. (yeh-PRITCH-uh / jɛ-ˈprɪ-tʃə)<br>Image: Junius Manuscript; England, 1000; Bodleian Library, MS. Junius 11, p. 2.<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>
Alliterative/Endless Knot<p>The <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ConnectedAtBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConnectedAtBirth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> of the week is BALLROOM/SYMBOL/RUMMAGE <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wotd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ballroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ballroom</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/symbol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>symbol</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/rummage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rummage</span></a></p>
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