#AngloSaxon noblewomen took shelter from the invading Normans in nunneries. Did that make them brides of Christ?
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In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
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**Tiwesdæg** is þære wuce dæg betweonan Monandæge and Wednesdæge. Se Englisca nama cymþ of þæm Þeodisc gode Tiwe. And in Romam hit hatte *Martis dies*, þe is se dæg þæs Romiscan guðgodes Mars.
Not too hard to read once you remember the þ or thorn is what we now have as th.
I love languages and their variations and evolutions.
In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
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https://www.historytoday.com/archive/out-margins/if-anglo-saxon-stones-could-talk
In some corners of England, the last #AngloSaxon relics are looking down on us.
🔓 Eleanor Parker’s latest column is free for 7 days
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/out-margins/if-anglo-saxon-stones-could-talk
The game gets old fast, tbf
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1806175/the-game-gets-old-fast-tbf
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