a book for medieval history and etymology lovers

do you love learning about the history of words? do you enjoy medieval weirdness? is beowulf in your top ancient works? this is the book for you.

this is where i learned of 'kennings' which are essentially compound words. some favorites:

hron-rād - "whale's road" - the sea

flæ̅sc-hord - "flesh-hoard" - the human body

dæg-candel - "day candle" - the sun