Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Kathy aka Bermuda Onion where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading. Feel free to join in the fun.DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHING HILL by Mary Sharratt
shippon - With Liza helping him, he set up a dairy in the shippon over in the next field. (p.77)
shippon: a cow barn or cattle shed.
clemmed - "I'm fair clemmed," our Jamie replied. (p. 142)
clemmed: 1530–40; akin to ME forclemmed (ptp.) pinched with hunger, OE beclemman to fetter
What new words did you discover this week?
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I love clemmed and will have to try to use it today! Thanks for participating today!
I have been reading a U.K. mystery series and I swear I need subtitles for them! I am amazed at how much our languages have diverged, especially in slang. I have to say that for much of it I just guess at the meaning or I'd be in the dictionary for half the time I am reading!
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