HEL (History of the English Language) on the Web
@helontheweb.bsky.social
Shares the latest news about HEL. Posts by Dr Ayumi Miura (Associate Professor @utokyoofficial.bsky.social; she/her), who runs the website 'HEL on the Web' (2009-): https://sites.google.com/view/helontheweb/
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The six volumes of the New Cambridge History of the English Language (NewCHEL @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org) are allegedly well under way, with the first three due out in the autumn and the other three appearing a few months later: cambridge.org/CHEL
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Great news! This is out: Opening the black box of EEBO academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...
Opening the black box of EEBO
Abstract. Digital archives that cover extended historical periods can create a misleading impression of comprehensiveness while in truth providing access t
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November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great news! This is out: Opening the black box of EEBO academic.oup.com/dsh/advance-...
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I'm soon going to have to start thinking about my US-to-UK and UK-to-US Words of the Year. Nominations welcome!!
Here's an old blog post explaining what qualifies as a SbaCL WotY: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2022/11/woty...
Here's an old blog post explaining what qualifies as a SbaCL WotY: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2022/11/woty...
WotY news and Lynneguist news
separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm soon going to have to start thinking about my US-to-UK and UK-to-US Words of the Year. Nominations welcome!!
Here's an old blog post explaining what qualifies as a SbaCL WotY: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2022/11/woty...
Here's an old blog post explaining what qualifies as a SbaCL WotY: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2022/11/woty...
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Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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Made a site where you can practise Old English scansion. You get given a half-line and have to select which of Sievers's five types it belongs to.
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Made a site where you can practise Old English scansion. You get given a half-line and have to select which of Sievers's five types it belongs to.
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
Just Beowulf for now, but that's 6364 half-lines to be getting on with: dgplacenames.github.io/scansion/
[Data: clasp.ell.ox.ac.uk/]
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Could you co-supervise a PhD working with unexplored areas of our collection?
We’re seeking proposals from academics at HEI’s on four specially selected research themes: bit.ly/BritishLibra...
We’re seeking proposals from academics at HEI’s on four specially selected research themes: bit.ly/BritishLibra...
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Could you co-supervise a PhD working with unexplored areas of our collection?
We’re seeking proposals from academics at HEI’s on four specially selected research themes: bit.ly/BritishLibra...
We’re seeking proposals from academics at HEI’s on four specially selected research themes: bit.ly/BritishLibra...
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Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
Eight pages bound in furry seal skin may be Norway's oldest book
The little book is so rare that the National Library of Norway is bringing in experts from around the world to learn more.
www.sciencenorway.no
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Furry seal skin AND tiny Icelandic manuscripts!
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
www.sciencenorway.no/cultural-his...
www.icelandreview.com/news/rare-15...
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Mystery female: 'Mme Busche' is mentioned 8 times 1781-86 in the Mary Hamilton Papers. Possibly connected with Court, she apparently leaves England in 1781. We have a provisional identification (see new Personography entry below). Can anyone help with (dis)confirmation or further info? #18thC
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Mystery female: 'Mme Busche' is mentioned 8 times 1781-86 in the Mary Hamilton Papers. Possibly connected with Court, she apparently leaves England in 1781. We have a provisional identification (see new Personography entry below). Can anyone help with (dis)confirmation or further info? #18thC
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Tomorrow (Fri 31st) I’ll be reading some of my Margery Kempe poems at the English Faculty in Cambridge! 5pm, free tickets at this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1760728178...
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tomorrow (Fri 31st) I’ll be reading some of my Margery Kempe poems at the English Faculty in Cambridge! 5pm, free tickets at this link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1760728178...
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Dictionary.com goes out early with its 2025 Word of the Year …
and it chooses “67,” or “six-seven.”
www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
I had the privilege of running the site's Word of the Year for a few years, so I’ll share some thoughts (that don’t divulge any privileged info).
and it chooses “67,” or “six-seven.”
www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
I had the privilege of running the site's Word of the Year for a few years, so I’ll share some thoughts (that don’t divulge any privileged info).
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Dictionary.com goes out early with its 2025 Word of the Year …
and it chooses “67,” or “six-seven.”
www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
I had the privilege of running the site's Word of the Year for a few years, so I’ll share some thoughts (that don’t divulge any privileged info).
and it chooses “67,” or “six-seven.”
www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-th...
I had the privilege of running the site's Word of the Year for a few years, so I’ll share some thoughts (that don’t divulge any privileged info).
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Confs: Seminar at the 2026 ESSE Conference: The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought
Confs: Seminar at the 2026 ESSE Conference: The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought
18th European Society for the Study of English Conference, University of Santiago de Compostela
Seminar #7: The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought
Verbs are traditionally seen as the backbone of sentence structure, with their semantic requirements establishing syntactic relations between arguments. However, this fundamental role extends beyond clause-level relations, reaching into discourse, giving rise to various implicatures and shaping idiomatic use.
The
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October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Confs: Seminar at the 2026 ESSE Conference: The English Verb: Driving Syntax, Shaping Meaning and Framing Thought
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2x 'going forwards' in an email just struck me. It's far less common than 'going forward' in any dialect, but more British than American.
I've written about the -ward(s) words here: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2013/07/towa...
I've written about the -ward(s) words here: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2013/07/towa...
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
2x 'going forwards' in an email just struck me. It's far less common than 'going forward' in any dialect, but more British than American.
I've written about the -ward(s) words here: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2013/07/towa...
I've written about the -ward(s) words here: separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2013/07/towa...
See what I found in my pigeonhole today! @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
See what I found in my pigeonhole today! @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org
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📃🔁📃 Now it's time for our #OldEnglish syllabus swap at #TOEBI2025!
🗣 Alice Jorgensen and Christina Lee
💻 Followed by a general discussion on #AI in respect to coursework and examinations
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Alice Jorgensen and Christina Lee
💻 Followed by a general discussion on #AI in respect to coursework and examinations
#️⃣ #medievalsky
October 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📃🔁📃 Now it's time for our #OldEnglish syllabus swap at #TOEBI2025!
🗣 Alice Jorgensen and Christina Lee
💻 Followed by a general discussion on #AI in respect to coursework and examinations
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Alice Jorgensen and Christina Lee
💻 Followed by a general discussion on #AI in respect to coursework and examinations
#️⃣ #medievalsky
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⚡️📃 Our final lightning paper at #TOEBI2025
🗣 Lindy Brady exploring references to interpretators and their role in early medieval England
📜 Old English and Interpretation in Pre-Norman Britain
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Lindy Brady exploring references to interpretators and their role in early medieval England
📜 Old English and Interpretation in Pre-Norman Britain
#️⃣ #medievalsky
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
⚡️📃 Our final lightning paper at #TOEBI2025
🗣 Lindy Brady exploring references to interpretators and their role in early medieval England
📜 Old English and Interpretation in Pre-Norman Britain
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Lindy Brady exploring references to interpretators and their role in early medieval England
📜 Old English and Interpretation in Pre-Norman Britain
#️⃣ #medievalsky
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⚡️📜The lightning papers session at #TOEBI2025 continues with an overview of an excellent new online resource for #OldEnglish
🗣 Francis Leneghan and Niamh Kehoe
💻 ROEP: Resources of Old English Prose
📲 roep.web.ox.ac.uk/home
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Francis Leneghan and Niamh Kehoe
💻 ROEP: Resources of Old English Prose
📲 roep.web.ox.ac.uk/home
#️⃣ #medievalsky
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
⚡️📜The lightning papers session at #TOEBI2025 continues with an overview of an excellent new online resource for #OldEnglish
🗣 Francis Leneghan and Niamh Kehoe
💻 ROEP: Resources of Old English Prose
📲 roep.web.ox.ac.uk/home
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Francis Leneghan and Niamh Kehoe
💻 ROEP: Resources of Old English Prose
📲 roep.web.ox.ac.uk/home
#️⃣ #medievalsky
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🏫 #TOEBI2025 resumes with the second session of the day
🗣 Megan Cavell enlightens #TOEBI participants on the use of the term fox as a derogatory remark in #OldEnglish literature
📜🦊 The Fox in the Classroom
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Megan Cavell enlightens #TOEBI participants on the use of the term fox as a derogatory remark in #OldEnglish literature
📜🦊 The Fox in the Classroom
#️⃣ #medievalsky
October 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🏫 #TOEBI2025 resumes with the second session of the day
🗣 Megan Cavell enlightens #TOEBI participants on the use of the term fox as a derogatory remark in #OldEnglish literature
📜🦊 The Fox in the Classroom
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Megan Cavell enlightens #TOEBI participants on the use of the term fox as a derogatory remark in #OldEnglish literature
📜🦊 The Fox in the Classroom
#️⃣ #medievalsky
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🏫 #TOEBI2025 at University College Dublin continues with our next speaker
🗣 Amy Faulkner
📜 "The Gospels in Old English: A Project Review"
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Amy Faulkner
📜 "The Gospels in Old English: A Project Review"
#️⃣ #medievalsky
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🏫 #TOEBI2025 at University College Dublin continues with our next speaker
🗣 Amy Faulkner
📜 "The Gospels in Old English: A Project Review"
#️⃣ #medievalsky
🗣 Amy Faulkner
📜 "The Gospels in Old English: A Project Review"
#️⃣ #medievalsky
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📣 Today is the day #medievalsky!🏫 #TOEBI2025 is already underway at University College Dublin
🗣 Our first speaker of the day is James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social
📜 "Storm-Thoughts and Ice-Songs: A Creative-Critical Response to Old English Eco-Poetry"
🗣 Our first speaker of the day is James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social
📜 "Storm-Thoughts and Ice-Songs: A Creative-Critical Response to Old English Eco-Poetry"
October 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📣 Today is the day #medievalsky!🏫 #TOEBI2025 is already underway at University College Dublin
🗣 Our first speaker of the day is James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social
📜 "Storm-Thoughts and Ice-Songs: A Creative-Critical Response to Old English Eco-Poetry"
🗣 Our first speaker of the day is James Paz @jamespaz.bsky.social
📜 "Storm-Thoughts and Ice-Songs: A Creative-Critical Response to Old English Eco-Poetry"
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📣Looking forward to welcoming you to #TEI2025 tomorrow #medievalsky!
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📣Looking forward to welcoming you to #TEI2025 tomorrow #medievalsky!
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
📅 Saturday, 25 October 2025
⏰Registration opens at 9am
📜Theme: Education and Early Medieval England
🏫Room C218 (2nd floor), Newman Arts building (next to the James Joyce Library), University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social
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📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖DigiPal: Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic
📲 www.digipal.eu
©️Dept of Digital Humanities, King's College London.
✍️Peter A. Stokes, Stewart J. Brookes & Geoffroy Noël
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖DigiPal: Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic
📲 www.digipal.eu
©️Dept of Digital Humanities, King's College London.
✍️Peter A. Stokes, Stewart J. Brookes & Geoffroy Noël
October 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖DigiPal: Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic
📲 www.digipal.eu
©️Dept of Digital Humanities, King's College London.
✍️Peter A. Stokes, Stewart J. Brookes & Geoffroy Noël
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖DigiPal: Digital Resource and Database of Palaeography, Manuscript Studies and Diplomatic
📲 www.digipal.eu
©️Dept of Digital Humanities, King's College London.
✍️Peter A. Stokes, Stewart J. Brookes & Geoffroy Noël
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📣 Kemble Lecture 2025 #TOEBI #medievalsky
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 Kemble Lecture 2025 #TOEBI #medievalsky
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📜‘Myths and Monsters: Beowulf and the Etymologists’
🗣️Prof. Richard Dance, University of Cambridge
📅Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5pm
🏫Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin
💻Register for Zoom: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Convegno internazionale | Leisure and Entertainment in Late Modern Times
7 novembre 2025 09:30 - 8 novembre 2025 12:30
in-person and Google Meet
dllcs.unibg.it/it/eventi/co...
@marinadossena.bsky.social
7 novembre 2025 09:30 - 8 novembre 2025 12:30
in-person and Google Meet
dllcs.unibg.it/it/eventi/co...
@marinadossena.bsky.social
dllcs.unibg.it
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Convegno internazionale | Leisure and Entertainment in Late Modern Times
7 novembre 2025 09:30 - 8 novembre 2025 12:30
in-person and Google Meet
dllcs.unibg.it/it/eventi/co...
@marinadossena.bsky.social
7 novembre 2025 09:30 - 8 novembre 2025 12:30
in-person and Google Meet
dllcs.unibg.it/it/eventi/co...
@marinadossena.bsky.social
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Today! Graduate English Speaker Series talk by Marion Turner, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at University of Oxford, "Premodern Fictionality: Aristotle, Ibn Rushd, Chaucer”.
www.english.utoronto.ca/events/gradu...
www.english.utoronto.ca/events/gradu...
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today! Graduate English Speaker Series talk by Marion Turner, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at University of Oxford, "Premodern Fictionality: Aristotle, Ibn Rushd, Chaucer”.
www.english.utoronto.ca/events/gradu...
www.english.utoronto.ca/events/gradu...
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📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖The Riddle Ages: Early Medieval Riddles, Translations & Commentaries
📲 theriddleages.com
©️Birmingham University
✍️Megan Cavell, Matthias Ammon, Neville Mogford, Jennifer Neville, Alexandra Reider & Victoria Symons
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖The Riddle Ages: Early Medieval Riddles, Translations & Commentaries
📲 theriddleages.com
©️Birmingham University
✍️Megan Cavell, Matthias Ammon, Neville Mogford, Jennifer Neville, Alexandra Reider & Victoria Symons
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖The Riddle Ages: Early Medieval Riddles, Translations & Commentaries
📲 theriddleages.com
©️Birmingham University
✍️Megan Cavell, Matthias Ammon, Neville Mogford, Jennifer Neville, Alexandra Reider & Victoria Symons
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
📖The Riddle Ages: Early Medieval Riddles, Translations & Commentaries
📲 theriddleages.com
©️Birmingham University
✍️Megan Cavell, Matthias Ammon, Neville Mogford, Jennifer Neville, Alexandra Reider & Victoria Symons
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Next Thursday 9 October, Eleanor Baker (@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social) will explore the world of Middle English book curses. All welcome!
October 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Next Thursday 9 October, Eleanor Baker (@eleanormaybaker.bsky.social) will explore the world of Middle English book curses. All welcome!