kobayashi ḫamṭu
@mattboot.bsky.social
language enjoyer, he/him
"minced oaths" maybe?
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"minced oaths" maybe?
nice
A manuscript from early ninth century Mainz (with lots of insular elements in the script) for St Martin's day:
Rome, BAV, Pal. lat. 845, fol. 1r
Rome, BAV, Pal. lat. 845, fol. 1r
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
nice
what was he supposed to do? he didn't have anything but the army cloak that he was wearing, since he had already gone through everything else in like wise.
so, drawing the sword that he was girded with, he cut the cloak down the middle, gave half to the poor man, and put the rest back on himself.
so, drawing the sword that he was girded with, he cut the cloak down the middle, gave half to the poor man, and put the rest back on himself.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
what was he supposed to do? he didn't have anything but the army cloak that he was wearing, since he had already gone through everything else in like wise.
so, drawing the sword that he was girded with, he cut the cloak down the middle, gave half to the poor man, and put the rest back on himself.
so, drawing the sword that he was girded with, he cut the cloak down the middle, gave half to the poor man, and put the rest back on himself.
oh got it, thanks
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
oh got it, thanks
what is ēw grammatically? i was reading it like an ezafe (mard-e wayog), "a hunterman" or something.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
what is ēw grammatically? i was reading it like an ezafe (mard-e wayog), "a hunterman" or something.
man i need to learn Parthian
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
man i need to learn Parthian
oh it's گرفتن. i think it's related! also "grab"
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
oh it's گرفتن. i think it's related! also "grab"
do you know if grīft has any connection to the root of "grip" / Getman "greifen"? or is there a related Persian word i can look up
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
do you know if grīft has any connection to the root of "grip" / Getman "greifen"? or is there a related Persian word i can look up
@likethemagician.bsky.social will know this
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@likethemagician.bsky.social will know this
i guess it should be *totnennen
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
i guess it should be *totnennen
from Proto-Germanic *daudanamnijaną
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
from Proto-Germanic *daudanamnijaną