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Made of Ƿ will return to its normal posting schedule on Monday. If you’re on break between semesters like me, enjoy the rest of your holiday! … Continue reading
Category Archives: Misc.
Tiny Siege Engines
The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville is one of my favorite pieces of medieval writing. Jean de Joinville is supposed to be writing about St. Louis, but he frequently digresses into his personal memories with vivid detail. He is … Continue reading
Loppestere Pyjámas
Happy April Fool’s Day! In case it isn’t completely obvious, this is a joke post. There’s only one real piece of information below. Can you find it? In the Somerset Fragments, written during the 14th C, we find a curious … Continue reading
Transition Complete!
The transition is complete! Made of Ƿ is now its own entity. WordPress’s Happiness Engineers have transferred all subscribers, so those of you who had previously subscribed to the blog should continue getting messages when a new post goes up. … Continue reading
Made of Ƿ Celebrates 1 Year
Happy birthday, Made of Ƿ! Today is the blog’s first anniversary. (Yes, there are older posts, but March 2 is when the blog went public.) In the first year, Made of Ƿ has had 100 posts, 242 comments, and over … Continue reading
GUILTY
By now, you’re probably all familiar with the 15th C kitty prints discovered by Emir O. Filipović: I’m pleased to announce that we have finally unearthed the culprit: Yes, she’s sitting on the Book of Kells. It was the best … Continue reading
Q&A
WordPress gives me a list of most search terms used to find my blog. Sometimes, my posts answer the seeker’s question as-is. Sometimes, I think, “Just e-mail me! I could answer that one right away!” Here are the answers to … Continue reading
My Sword Needs a Name
My new sword needs a name. My sister, who gave me Herugrim for my birthday, gave me Eowyn’s sword for Christmas. I thought about bragging about it in Old English, but this post is simply too important to risk any … Continue reading
On Þissum Dæȝe of Crīstes Byrde (Festō Natalis Christī)
Mīn dēoran rǣderes, bēoþ ȝē hāle on þissum dæȝe of Crīstes byrde. Bēoþ ȝē ȝesunde innan heallum cyninga ond bliðe mid cynnum. Ȝefēoþ ymb Godes sunu, ūre goldƿine ond þeodcyning, ealdorþeȝn ond ƿinedrihten. Se hlāford of eallum bierhþ ūre sāwlum … Continue reading
I Don’t Think I’m Brilliant
I don’t think I’m brilliant. Just wanted to let everyone know. Whenever I put up a new post, particularly one about languages, the paranoid part of me is afraid that you all think I’m sitting at my computer saying “This … Continue reading