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a-sēon, str.v: to look at or upon, set eyes on (something). (ah-SAY-on / a-ˈseːɔn)
Image: Peterborough Bestiary; England (Peterborough), c. 1300-1310; Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 53, f. 197v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

Medieval manuscript image of a grey cat curiously gazing down its nose, giving it a cross-eyed appearance.

Old English Wordhord

@OEWordhord@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

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Alliterative/Endless Knot

@AllEndlessKnot@toot.community · 2 months ago

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is TEXT/SUBTLE #wotd #text #subtle #BackToSchool

Any English major can tell you that a text can be subtle and hard to understand. Latin textus meant literally “woven thing” but could metaphorically be used to refer to the “style or texture of a work” and eventually the “written work” itself. The Latin subtilis meant “finely woven” from sub- “under” + tela “web”. Both text and subtle can thus be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European root *teks- meaning “to weave”.

Alliterative/Endless Knot

@AllEndlessKnot@toot.community · 2 months ago

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is TEXT/SUBTLE #wotd #text #subtle #BackToSchool

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