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dr. hazel 🐝@hazelmonforton.com |
I had no idea this was the etymology for “lord” and “lady.” #medievalsky
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Stella
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This is so cool
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@harpweaving.bsky.social
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Hello! What book is this, if I may ask? (I want to read it.)
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dr. hazel 🐝
@hazelmonforton.com
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This is from ‘Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year’ by Eleanor Parker.
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amdiamanti
@amdiamanti.bsky.social
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Love this, thanks for sharing!
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JeannetteBlue
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….and after the population was ravaged by the pandemic those who learned how to produce a decent sourdough loaf became the new elite….
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Angelaina
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So the gender-neutral term is "Loaf." I just decided that.
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Shu Daizi
@shudaizi.bsky.social
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Obviously this is why the upper crust are so crusty.
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Cat
@astrophic.bsky.social
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I do love bread
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SMLN
@somaybelikeno.bsky.social
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Nice
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Abe Drayton
@abedrayton.bsky.social
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"Thou shalt worship no bread before me!"
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Joe Trela
@alert74.bsky.social
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(while lying on the couch) "I'm just fulfilling my feudal obligations by loafing!" (hit by pillow) "HIGH TREASON!"
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Kim Wincen
@wincenworks.bsky.social
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Language is so amazing in its ability to seem intuitive to the native speaker and be absolutely batshit in its construction under analysis.
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Birgit Hartoft
@bhartoft.bsky.social
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Do a brief course in Old English. You get a totally different view of English. 🤓
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Anna 🌿👁️
@annacwebs.bsky.social
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Oh interesting! I figured it might have come from the Scottish-Gaelic “laird” but maybe it’s the other way around? Since uh. Colonization lol
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robyn 💚
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it always comes back to bread
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Lady N (Darya)
@ladynerevar.com
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What book is this? Would love to read more.
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BensDecoy
@bensdecoy.bsky.social
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And at some point someone said, “ya know what would really help me guardian these loafs? A castle. With a BIG moat this time.”
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Gaylene Pheysey
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What’s the word for loaf eater? Mmm bread, that’s what I’d like to be named.
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Drift
@inanity101.bsky.social
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I had read that lord derived from "loaf warden" but without any additional context regarding the etymology. Cool!
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Geneviève Routhier 🐾
@genrouthier.bsky.social
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🤯 And what’s the book?
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@beehole.bsky.social
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With alt text
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Toast
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Bread for the bread lord
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@AnnWilliams
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AWESOME, give us more
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OneDishwasher
@onedishwasher.bsky.social
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Awesome
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