Nenad Knezevic · @grammaticus
273 followers · 414 posts · Server nerdculture.de
An older post, on the occasion of the beginning of #summer 🌞⛱️ in which I write about the mediaeval English song known as the "Cuckoo Song" or "Sumer is icumen in".
https://grammaticus.blog/2022/06/20/sumer-is-icumen-in/
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Shantell Powell · @Shanmonster
289 followers · 805 posts · Server mastodon.lolDoes anyone have some good resources on phrases in Middle English? #MiddleEnglish #phrases #writing #WritingQuestions #research
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FiXato · @FiXato
393 followers · 9412 posts · Server toot.cat
The #etymology of #gossip:
gossip (n.)
Old English godsibb "sponsor, godparent," from God + sibb "relative" (see sibling). Extended in Middle English to "a familiar acquaintance, a friend, neighbor" (c. 1300), especially to woman friends invited to attend a birth, later to "anyone engaging in familiar or idle talk" (1560s). Sense extended 1811 to "trifling talk, groundless rumor." Similar formations in Old Norse guðsifja, Old Saxon guþziff.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/gossip
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