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Kind if useless without phonetic spelling, words have more meaning with proper pronunciation.

I think of language and pronunciation as an exercise for facial muscles.

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Bairn for child is still very common in Scotland. Never knew where that word came from either, so thanks for that.

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Nightmare Flashbacks of college...oof

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Very cool. Quite a few in there that you can see in modern English. Some other interesting stuff like baeldor meaning lord. Obvs this one of the names for wodens son as well.

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I think it's a variant of "ealdor," also on the list. The modern English "earl" is derived from one of those.

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Probably true. I know earl is also the English equivalent of the norce jarl.