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Early Medieval Nicknames

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New blog post about terms of disability used as nicknames in pre-Conquest England seaxeducation.substack.com/p… As always if you'd like to give it some love, I'd appreciate it! Tell your mum's friend's chiropractor's uncle to sign up for the newsletter!
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'Toad Testicles' and 'Boar-Biter': The Nicknames of Winchester, c.1110. seaxeducation.substack.com/p…
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Honest answer? I opened Landnamabok on a random page and saw Thorkel 'Horse Penis' and thought 'hmmmmm, what is going on here then?'
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A classic of the genre - see Reynold 1981, although I politely disagree with her!
Early Medieval Nicknames (@botmedieval) profile pictureEarly Medieval Nicknames@botmedieval6 Nov 2022
Eadric the Wild (Tengvik, 355)
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Every nickname in Domesday Book...
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I'm looking to compile, for my reading group, a list of 'Shit Medieval Films' - films that are inaccurate representations of the period (rather than the film itself being bad). These can range from humorous to sinister in their mischaracterisation. Any suggestions?
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"I wanna live like Domesday people I wanna do whatever Domesday people do Wanna sleep with Domesday people I wanna sleep with Domesday people Like you Oh what else could I do I said I'll, I'll see what I can do"
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