Old English Word Hoard
- blæd
- leaf, page (literally “leaf” - the same metaphor we still use!)
- bōchord
- (book-hoard) - a treasury or collection of books
- folm
- hand
- fyrntíd
- “ancient time” or “time of old”
- geōmor
- sad, sorrowful, mournful
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geomor
- muþ
- mouth
- wēriġ
- weary
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/werig
Phrases
- Gief gefēan ōðrum
- Give joy/pleasure to another
- Iċ þē gewilnie eal - līce and sāwle
- I desire you entirely - body and soul
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”)