No Anglo-Norman loanwords here please, we'll have the correct Saxon "a whopping big net, ooh arr"
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I’m suddenly reminded that the OE word for ‘man’ and the word for ‘fish-trap’ were both “wer”… So, this is a Were-wer!
aug 27, 2025, 8:22 am • 53 0 • view
which is Welsh for squirrel (wiwer)
aug 27, 2025, 10:09 am • 41 0 • view
so if you suspect a neighbor grows a lot of hair and fangs every full moon and you want to catch him, you need to set up a were-wolf-wer?
aug 27, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view