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Episode 107: World
In Old English, the word "world", or weorold , did not refer to a place. It was a compound word comprising wer , meaing "man", and ald , meaning "age". "World" literally meant "the age of man", and in many of its earlies...
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Episode 107: World is an episode from Words for Granted by Raymond Belli. In Old English, the word "world", or weorold , did not refer to a place. It was a compound word comprising wer , meaing "man", and ald , meaning "age". "World" litera...
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Published May 22, 2022, 17:40 long, audio available.
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