- Publisher: Profile
- Year: 2023
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 352pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 204x140mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781800815797
- Product code: 530742
The Deorhord
An Old English Bestiary
Hana Videen New Hardback Illustrated
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The dēor (‘animals’ in Old English) featured in this bestiary range from the real (gange-wæfre, ‘walker-weaver’ or ‘spider’ nowadays) to the mythical and extraordinary (dragons and water-monsters). Blending etymology, folklore and history, Hana Videen explores the place these creatures held in medieval lives and literature, the reputation they developed and what they came to symbolize.
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'A dream! I learnt something new and fascinating on every page' Lucy Mangan
'If you love words, the weird and the wild, I guarantee you'll crouch over this book like a dragon over gold' Meg Clothier
Many of the animals we encounter in everyday life, from the creatures in our fields to those in our fantasies, have remained the same since medieval times - but the words we use, and the ways we describe them, have often changed beyond recognition...
Old English was spoken over a thousand years ago, when every animal was a deor. In this glittering Old English bestiary we find deors big and small, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the downright baffling. From walker-weavers (spiders) and grey-cloaked ones (eagles) to moon-heads and teeth-tyrants (historians still don't know!), we discover a world both familiar and strange: where ants could be monsters and panthers could be your friend, where dog-headed men were as real as elephants and where whales were as sneaky as wolves.
From the author of The Wordhord comes another delightful dive into the realm of Old English - words and creatures that will change the way you see the world.
'If you love words, the weird and the wild, I guarantee you'll crouch over this book like a dragon over gold' Meg Clothier
Many of the animals we encounter in everyday life, from the creatures in our fields to those in our fantasies, have remained the same since medieval times - but the words we use, and the ways we describe them, have often changed beyond recognition...
Old English was spoken over a thousand years ago, when every animal was a deor. In this glittering Old English bestiary we find deors big and small, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the downright baffling. From walker-weavers (spiders) and grey-cloaked ones (eagles) to moon-heads and teeth-tyrants (historians still don't know!), we discover a world both familiar and strange: where ants could be monsters and panthers could be your friend, where dog-headed men were as real as elephants and where whales were as sneaky as wolves.
From the author of The Wordhord comes another delightful dive into the realm of Old English - words and creatures that will change the way you see the world.
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