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Exploring Lost English Words: Surviving Language and Their Historical Significance

This article delves into the fascinating world of lost English words, examining a selection of terms that once held meaning but have since faded from use. From the noun "Streale" meaning an arrow, to "Crouke" for a pitcher, we’ll uncover dates of first and last usage and explore their roles in language and society. We also discuss "Thrinness," representing threeness, and the enduring sounds of "Thunder" and various other terms that shaped our communication. Join us on this journey through linguistic history.

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Exploring Lost English Words: Surviving Language and Their Historical Significance

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  1. Surviving English A Few Words That Made the Cut, and A Few Words That Didn’t

  2. Words No More • Language role in society • Communication subjects • A look at some lost words…

  3. Streale • Noun: An arrow • First used in 860 • Last noted in 1853

  4. Tine, tyne • Verb: shut, close • First used in 688 • Last used (as archaism) 1892

  5. Crouke, Crowke • Noun: A pitcher or jug • First used in 700, Epinal glossary: crucae • Last usage: Chaucer, “Whan that dronken was al in the crouke”

  6. Thrinness • Threefold condition, threeness, the Trinity • First used in 800 • Last Used: 1300

  7. Old English Survivors

  8. Thunder • First used in 725 in the Corpus Glossary • Noun: The loud noise accompanying a flash of lightning (apparently following it, being heard after it at an interval depending on distance), due to the sudden violent disturbance of the air by the electric discharge; varying from a sharp report or crash to a prolonged roll or reverberation. Also, the unseen cause of the phenomenon, the meteorological condition or action (scientifically, the electric storm and discharge) from which the loud noise proceeds.

  9. Shell • OE- sciell • First used in 725 in the Corpus Glossary: Conca Shel • The hard outside covering of an animal, a fruit, etc.

  10. Chill • Noun: Equivelant to the modern “cold” • First used in 825

  11. True-Love • Noun: Faithful Love • a800 CYNEWULF Christ 538 Waes seo treow lufu, hat aet heortan

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