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Hana Videen

The Wordhord - Daily Life in Old English

English · Hardback

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Description

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English.

About the author

Hana Videen has been hoarding Old English words since 2013, when she began tweeting one a day. Now over 20,000 people follow her for these daily gems from her wordhord. After her Old English doctorate at King's College London, she is now a writer and blogger in Canada, translating curiosities of history into engaging narratives.

Follow Hana on Twitter: @OEWordhord
And visit her website: www.oldenglishwordhord.com

Summary

An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English.

Product details

Authors	Hana Videen
Publisher	Profile Books

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	11.11.2021

EAN	9781788166102
ISBN	978-1-78816-610-2
Dimensions	146 mm x 210 mm x 28 mm
Subjects	Education and learning Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics Medieval History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Historical and comparative linguistics

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