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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Videen, Hana, author.     Subjects     English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History.     English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Terms and phrases.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Videen, Hana, author.       by title:      The wordhord : daily...         MARC Display

The wordhord : daily life in Old English / Hana Videen. by Videen, Hana, author. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2022. Subjects English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History.   English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Terms and phrases. ISBN:  9780691232744 (hardcover) : 0691232741 (hardcover) Description:  284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Edition:  Princeton University Press edition. Contents:  The Language You Thought You Knew -- Eating and Drinking -- Passing the Time -- Learning and Working -- Playing (and More Drinking) -- Making Friends and Enemies -- Caring for Body and Mind -- The World Outside -- Wildlife -- Travel -- Beyond Human -- Searching for Meaning -- Hoarding Words. Requests:  0 Summary:  "An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful, and downright baffling words from the origins of English -- and what they reveal about the lives of the earliest English speakers. Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Unlike Shakespearean English or even Chaucer's Middle English, Old English -- the language of Beowulf -- defies comprehension by untrained modern readers. Used throughout much of Britain more than a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven't changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise), and some that are mystifying even in translation (gafol-fisc, or tax-fish). In this delightful book, Hana Videen gathers a glorious trove of these gems and uses them to illuminate the lives of the earliest English speakers. We discover a world where choking on a bit of bread might prove your guilt, where fiend-ship was as likely as friendship, and where you might grow up to be a laughter-smith. The Wordhord takes readers on a journey through Old English words and customs related to practical daily activities (eating, drinking, learning, working); relationships and entertainment; health and the body, mind, and soul; the natural world (animals, plants, and weather); locations and travel (the source of some of the most evocative words in Old English); mortality, religion, and fate; and the imagination and storytelling. Each chapter ends with its own "wordhord"--a list of its Old English terms, with definitions and pronunciations. Entertaining and enlightening, The Wordhord reveals the magical roots of the language you're reading right now: you'll never look at--or speak--English in the same way again." --   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 429.81 Vi Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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