May you make the welkin ring!
A literary term for the sky or heaven, from Old English welcin meaning ‘cloud or sky’ and related to Dutch wolk...
Skirr (or skyr, skir, sker and so on)
'... and skirred to its mate ...'
A swift, sweeping, sailing sort of word which obviously means to flee or...
A covert of coots
A covert is a shelter or a hiding place, from which you might study coots. It can also refer to...
An abundance of afflatus
A divine creative impulse or inspiration, from Latin afflare, 'to' plus 'to blow'. Wishing you an abundance of afflatus.
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Poikilometis
Nicolson refers to this word, used to describe Odysseus, and translates it as ‘dapple-skilled, with so much woven into him...
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