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Old Norse-Icelandic Technical Terms. (via @rhunedhel.bsky.social)

“The bark

or nightword”

—Loba

Forbidden words, newest list.

stale bread burning
crooks cry havoc
brine crystals
pale upon black pants

old theaters & their alleys
a parrot's answers
torn paper towels
make new napkins

attain unknown

In 2015, the GDWG set up a project, Refugee Tales, pairing established writers with “individuals who have direct experience of Britain’s policy of indefinite immigration detention” for stories modelled on the pilgrims’ narratives in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. (via @drlauravarnam.bsky.social)