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The Wordhord

Daily Life in Old English

Old English ‘may as well be a foreign language to English speakers today’, and words such as gafol-fisc (tax-fish) or æppel-tūn (orchard) seem culturally as well as linguistically alien. Rather than try to teach the language, this book takes selections of words – some familiar, some strange and some untranslatable – and through them, explores the everyday lives and culture of the people who spoke Old English between the sixth and thirteenth centuries.

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Publisher: Profile
Year: 2021
Format: Hardback
Pages: 296pp
Illustrated: Yes
Dimensions: 205x138mm
ISBN: 9781788166102
Condition: New
Weight: 0.4kg

Product code:

518120

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