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Radio 4,20 Feb 2025,28 mins

Old English, New English

Word of Mouth

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Michael Rosen explores the evocative Old English words used in daily life a thousand years ago, many of which are still in use now. He's joined by the linguist author of The Wordhord, Hana Videen. Hana has been hoarding words from Old English (450 AD to 1150 AD) for a decade, when she began tweeting one a day. Now she has lots of people following her to find out more about the language, and a new book out called The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary. https://oldenglishwordhord.com Produced for ѿý Audio Bristol by Beth O'Dea. Subscribe to the Word of Mouth podcast and never miss an episode: /sounds/brand/b006qtnz

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