Language preserves history in every word. Many expressions we use today have roots stretching back centuries, surviving ...

Meaning “to see or observe something remarkable,” from Old English behealdan. Used to express awe, as in “Behold the beauty ...

that silent letters exist in English. and the spelling system just hasn't kept up with it. like through and thought and night. because that sound used to be pronounced. that was the velar fricative ...

The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English, by Hana Videen, (Princeton University Press: May 2022), 296 pages. In October 2021, Merriam Webster added 455 new words to its dictionary, including “amirite” ...

I went to college a little bit later than most. Excited but nervous to plunge into a degree — in English literature — that demands all students learn Old English, I asked a friend what studying the ...

IS AMERICA RUINING English or giving it new life? Most of this old transatlantic debate concerns words. Is elevator an improvement on lift? Why say transportation when transport will do? Sometimes it ...

These old English words have been around since before people started writing history. They remind us where our language came from and show how words can last through time while the world keeps ...