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    Dec 2

    Nieht bið wedera ðiestrost, ned bið wyrda heardost. Night is the darkest of weathers, necessity the hardest of fates.

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    Dec 1

    Recommend checking this blog out for pronunciation - very clear and thorough!

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    Nov 29

    Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan; scir in leohte geriseð. A shamed man must go in the shadows; the pure belong in the light

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    Dec 1

    Ne mæg weorþan wis wer ær he age wintra dæl in woruldrice. A man cannot become wise before he has his share of winters in the world.

    124 retweets 110 likes
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    Nov 30

    An Anglo-Saxon Sermon for St Andrew's Day: the 'ðegenlic' apostle and the bargain of heaven

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    12:22 AM - 30 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 29

    Nov 29: Brendan of Birr, 6thc contemporary of Columba. Macregol Gospels, now in the were produced at Birr

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    12:03 AM - 29 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 29

    'Þeos tid oð midne winter': An Anglo-Saxon Sermon for Advent

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    12:03 AM - 29 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 26

    Muþa gehwylc mete þearf, mæl sceolon tidum gongan. Every mouth needs food; meals should come at the right time.

    21 retweets 28 likes
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    Nov 24

    Hwylc bið se leasa freond? ...Gefera to beode and na to neodþearfe. Who is a false friend? A friend at table, not in time of need.

    27 retweets 24 likes
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    Nov 23

    Nov 24: St Cianán of Daimliac (Duleek in ), which means stone church. Many early Irish churches were wooden.

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    11:30 PM - 23 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 23

    2 pommels caps to brighten up this cold and dark evening. Amazing designs on both.

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    9:04 AM - 23 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 22

    Domgeorne dreorigne oft in hyra breostcofan bindað fæste. Those eager for glory often bind sorrowful thoughts fast within the heart.

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    Nov 23

    St Clement (whose feast is today), a Kent church, and the vision of an Anglo-Saxon earl:

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    5:54 AM - 23 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 21

    The Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the temple, traditionally celebrated on 21 November (BL Egerton 2781, f.10):

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    12:53 AM - 21 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 20

    Oft for ðæs lareowes unwisdome misfaraþ ða hieremenn. Often because of the leader’s folly the followers go astray.

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    Nov 18

    Seo sceal in eagan, snyttro in breostum. A pupil belongs in the eye, wisdom in the breast.

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    Nov 20

    Today is the feast of St Edmund of East Anglia. The story of Edmund's death in Old English:

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    12:03 AM - 20 Nov 2015 · Details
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    Nov 19

    Se ðe him ealne weg ondræt, se bið swylce he sy ealne weg cwellende. He who is always afraid is like one who is always dying.

    95 retweets 84 likes
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    Nov 17

    Wonderful Anglo-Saxon gold ring (c. 600), now in Saffron Walden Museum

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    11:25 AM - 17 Nov 2015 · Details
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