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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781788166102
- Categories [2025], AFS, APR25_1, BX, BXOS, Language & linguistics, MAY25_1, New Arrivals OS, NF LANG, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference
- Author(s) Hana Videen
- Publisher Profile Books Ltd
- Pages 304
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 13.4cm x 3.2cm x 20cm
- Weight 0.42 kg
product description
Old English ‘may as well be a foreign language to English speakers todayâ€, 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.
