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Old English Word Hoard

blæd : leaf, page (literally “leaf” - the same metaphor we still use!)

bōchord : (book-hoard) - a treasury or collection of books

geōmor : sadsorrowfulmournful : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geomor

muþ : mouth

wēriġ : weary : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/werig

Words for small pieces of wisdom

Giedding : a saying, a piece of wisdom

Cwide : a saying, sentence, piece of speech

Lār : learning, teaching, knowledge (became “lore”)