D. P. Goodman on Nostr: Guys, in addition to "pelf", we need to bring back the Old English word "thole". I ...
Guys, in addition to "pelf", we need to bring back the Old English word "thole". I first encountered it in Heaney's translation of Beowulf, and it is *splendid*. It means "to endure" or "to suffer", survives in Scots, and deserves more use.
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