The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals - the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the baffling... Vorwort From the author of The Wordhord comes a delightful, fascinating collection of Old English creatures large and small Zusammenfassung Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals - the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the baffling...

Product details

• Authors: HANA VIDEEN, Hana Videen
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2023
• EAN: 9781800815797
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-579-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 205 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Medieval History, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, European history: medieval period, middle ages, c 400 to c 1066 (Anglo-Saxon period), HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Historical and comparative linguistics, wordhord; etymologies; Anglo Saxon