Old English Wordhord

Medieval word of the day

Published by: Ryan Lintott

Description

Learn an Old English word every day with customizable widgets.
Listen to Old English pronunciations and see them written out in simplified or IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) styles.
Search using Modern English or Old English through thousands of daily words in the archive going back to 2013.
View medieval manuscript illustrations (or listen to descriptive human-written Alt Text via VoiceOver) and follow links back to the online archives that store them.
Save your favourite Old English words and they’ll sync across all your devices.
Browse categories: animals, arts + crafts, battle, body + health, colours, education + knowledge, emotions, food + drink, kennings, language + writing, magic + supernatural, measuring, monsters, people, phrases, religion, runes, sounds + music, things to wear, time + seasons, travel + trade, trees + plants, water, and weather.
The design of the Wordhord is inspired by the lines and colours used in medieval manuscripts. Even dark mode is influenced by a medieval-style “dark mode” where manuscripts were inscribed in gold on pages dyed a deep bluish-black.
Gold shimmer! Many manuscripts would shimmer under the light due to their use of gold leaf. Gold elements in the Wordhord can shimmer in the same way when you move your device. (This feature can be turned on in settings.)
The Wordhord aims to be accessible to all with support for Dynamic Type, Reduced Motion and VoiceOver.
What is Old English?
Old English is the language you think you know until you actually hear or see it. Used throughout much of Britain over a thousand years ago, it is rich with words that haven’t changed (like word), others that are unrecognizable (such as neorxnawang, or paradise) and some that are curious even in translation (gafol-fisc literally means tax-fish).
The hoarder of words, Hana Videen, is the author of The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English. She has a PhD in English from King’s College London and has posted an Old English word every day since 2013.
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Entertaining daily word trivia

N.E. Ives on

United States

I installed this app on a whim when I was looking into Anglo-Saxon words, trying to take a peek at Beowulf, etc. I installed the widget for this app and see the word of the day every day and have been enjoying this app for well over a year now. Highly entertaining bite size chunks daily.

Gōd!

Vvvvjkfdddx on

United States

Really cool

I love this app!

MaryOnions on

United States

Huge medieval enthusiast here, I heard of this app on The Medieval Podcast. Downloaded it straight away. Really fun, informative and entertaining app, and easy to use! Very well done here

At this point. This is Art

Fleshman on

United States

🖼️👨🏼‍🎨

So cool!

Ally Kat❤️ on

United States

I love expanding my vocabulary in cool ways and I love using these words. I think it’s very interesting. Can y’all make a 50s vocabulary one? I’d really appreciate it. I love this app. I recommend it!

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Fearless0259 on

United States

Your site is very unique and is like nothing I have ever seen. Greatly appreciated by a novice like me. I cannot imagine the incredible effort to create it. Thank you!.

Very cool

chuckyswag on

United States

Very fun app, very cool pictures and art with the words to learn. Who ever made this did a great job and thank you for not having any ads, I appreciate that. I gotta go buy the book, it looks interesting and fun 😊

Only app I’ve ever deemed worthy of an honest review

F-Stop7 on

United States

After using iOS for nearly 15 years, this is the first review I’ve ever stopped and took the time to review. Its design is simple and seamless, while beautiful ornate. It was obviously developed by someone with a real passion for the subject. I only had a passing interest in Old English before finding this, but now I look forward to the daily digression into history and etymology that it inspires.

Cool

前書き on

United States

Pretty cool if you need some words

Wonderful

Alexrandall5 on

United States

This is great stuff. So uplifting to find ancient words that are still with us. It is like having living ancestors.

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