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To: SunkenCiv

“unlocked his word-hoard”

“kind peace-weaver”

I’m stealing those.


4 posted on 04/26/2022 4:51:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

His sister word-hoard half of it.


7 posted on 04/26/2022 4:56:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: BenLurkin

More for you to steal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kennings


9 posted on 04/26/2022 5:14:14 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: BenLurkin
Like the beginning of Beowulf where the sea is referred to as the "whale road".

It wasn't long before our high school English class was singing "I've been workin' on the whale road all the livelong day".

15 posted on 04/26/2022 5:45:54 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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