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October 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Convert modern writing into authentic Chaucer style Middle English instantly.
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Rewrite modern text in Chaucer style Middle English wording.
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October 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Above Every Crown (Middle English)
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September 30, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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September 28th: The outdated word for today is "girdelstede," meaning "waist" (literally "the place where the girdle lives.")

Pronunciation (I think): gir-DELL-sted-EH.

Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press (Oxford).

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September 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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“Middle English edition”? Do you really mean that, Amazon?

Ich doute nat that Chaucer wolde be wel plesed.

#language #ukulele #middleenglish
Screenshot of Amazon.co.uk showing thumbnail of book and listing for “Ukulele Songs for Dummies” which Amazon claims is the “Middle English edition”.
September 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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September 21st: The outdated word for today is "fyked," the past tense of the word meaning "to flinch."

Pronunciation (I think): FIKE'd.

Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press (Oxford).

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September 21, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Converting modern text into Chaucerian Middle English requires specific verb inflections and period syntax.

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September 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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People should be able to campaign in any language they want in whatever typeface they want, maybe #JRRTolkien would've released a leaflet in #Numenorean or #MiddleEnglish in #GothicScript.
September 15, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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September 14th: The outdated word for today is "ioparde," meaning "hazard." This comes from the Old French "ju parti," meaning "doubtful chance."

Pronunciation (I think): yeh-OH-PARD-uh.

Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press.

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September 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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August 31st: The outdated word for today is "synglure," meaning "uniqueness."

Pronunciation (I think): seehng-LUR-eh

Source: Anonymous. (Fourteenth century.) The Pearl. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_(poem)] See line 8.

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August 31, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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August 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Fourteenth century syntax relies heavily on inflectional endings and rhythmic patterns that change spoken cadence dramatically.
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August 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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August 24th: The outdated word for today is "mydyng," meaning "dunghill" (compare the Modern English "midden").

Pronunciation (I think): mie-DIENG.

Source: Tolkien, J.R.R. (1922.) A Middle English Vocabulary. Clarendon Press (Oxford).

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August 24, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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August 17th: The outdated word for today is "halke," meaning "corner."

Pronunciation (I think): hawl-KUH.

Source: Anonymous. (Circa 1250.) "Floriz and Blancheflur," line 449.

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August 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Unpublished Tolkien Translation of a Medieval Text Brought to Light www.medievalists.net/2026/08/unpu... #MiddleEnglish #Tolkien
Unpublished Tolkien Translation of a Medieval Text Brought to Light - Medievalists.net
A previously unpublished translation by J. R. R. Tolkien sheds new light on his extensive study of medieval English literature and language.
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August 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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August 10th: The outdated word for today is "pavyser," meaning "a soldier armed with a pavise (shield)."

Pronunciation (I think): pav-IH-sur.

Source: Mayhew, A.L., Skeat W. W. (1888). A Concise Dictionary Of Middle English. Clarendon Press (Oxford).

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August 10, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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New episode of the #Register -Podcast #sfb1412 is online! About #Adjectives, #MiddleEnglish and register variation diachronically observed. With Artemis Alexiadou @zasberlin.bsky.social und Tom McFadden

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February 10, 2024 at 4:39 PM
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May 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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4 days post-submission and still can’t escape from ME-related things…my colleague made horehound flavored candy, and the Wikipedia page for the herb tells me that Gower wrote about horehound in the Confessio Amantis because ofc he did #medievalsky #middleenglish
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December 5, 2024 at 2:47 PM
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probably a long shot, but does anyone happen to have a scanned version of "Forms and meanings of the verbs contained in MS. Bodley 34" (1982) by Juliette de Caluwé-Dor that they're willing to share? #middleenglish #historicallinguistics
June 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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I am now morally required to dig out my Chaucer and post solely in pig-MiddleEnglish.
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January 8, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Bruh! ppl are so simple mided, do they even know #demure isn't a new word creation its from #MiddleEnglish!?

#UGHHHH ppl basic asf!
August 22, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Fre Bird! Fre Bird! #NAFORadio #MiddleEnglish
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd cover in Middle English BARDCORE
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December 11, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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hið besta vopn (his best weapon), #Adder (note the initial ‘n’ in #OldIcelandic; the #English lost its ‘n’ from the #MiddleEnglish ‘naddere’, cognate with the #Latin name for ‘snake’, #natrix, to become ‘an addere’), and other sundry #plunder there. Mentioned too by #SaxoGrammaticus, with
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August 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM