A stack of THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY, including two paperbacks and two hardcovers. The books are on a wooden staircase and beside them is a brown and white cat sniffing at a treat.

dēoren, adj: of or like a wild animal. (DAY-o-ren / ˈdeːɔ-rɛn)
It’s #WorldAnimalDay (Dēores Dæg…sounds better in Old English). Learn about medieval animals in THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY: buff.ly/l4Lbsip
#OldEnglish #WOTD #TheDeorhord @profilebooks.bsky.social
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A row of copies of the paperback book THE DEORHORD by Hana Videen, with one in the centre facing out so the front cover is visible, with images of a horse-like sea creature, a dragon, a griffin, an eagle and some ants.

lēof-spell, n.n: a pleasant message. (LAY-off-SPELL / ˈleːɔf-ˌspɛl)
The US/Canada paperback DEORHORD is out today! (The UK edition is already out in the rest of the world.) See where to get it here: buff.ly/l4Lbsip
#OldEnglish #WOTD #TheDeorhord @princetonupress.bsky.social

A paperback copy of ‘The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary’ by Hana Videen propped up on top of a hardcover copy of the same book lying on its side; beside them is an orange card that says ‘Princeton University Press’.

Very excited to have an advance copy of @princetonupress.bsky.social's paperback THE DEORHORD: AN OLD ENGLISH BESTIARY on my shelf! Available September 16: preorder the US/Canada publication from PUP: buff.ly/OJUqlpB
#TheDeorhord #OldEnglish #MedievalBeasties

Thanks to @oewordhord.bsky.social for the wonderful books: #TheWordhord #TheDeorhord

A display of paperback Deorhords on a table in a bookstore, with a sign that says Heffers Non-Fiction Book of the Month.

A display of paperback Deorhords on a table in a bookstore, decorated with posters, a pamphlet and a bouquet of dried plants.

A front window display of a bookstore featuring a large poster with Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month The Deorhord with copies of the paperback Deorhord.

Copies of the paperback Deorhord in a bookstore's front window with Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month posters.

It’s so exciting to see these WLITIG (beautiful) displays across the UK! Here’s Blackwell’s Non-Fiction Book of the Month #TheDeorhord in Newcastle, Cambridge and Oxford. #bookstores #BookOfTheMonth #OldEnglish #medieval
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Image of “The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary” by Hana Videen beside definitions for “deor” (animal), “hord” (hoard), and “bestiary” (illustrated book containing descriptions and allegorical tales of creatures to be found across the medieval world.

Want to hear about Old English and medieval bestiaries? I’m giving a free talk at Toronto Public Library (Don Mills) on September 27 at 2 PM. More info here: bit.ly/TPLsept27
#Toronto #BookTalk #medieval #OldEnglish #animals #bestiaries #TheDeorhord

Or if you'd rather listen, you can hear Grammar Girl's podcast here (or read the transcript). grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/vid...
#medieval #language #OldEnglish #TheDeorhord #podcast

I got to chat with Mignon Fogarty a.k.a. Grammar Girl! Watch our chat about air worms and fire-breathing dragons and other medieval delights. youtu.be/25iQJbsGu5Y?...
#medieval #language #OldEnglish #TheDeorhord #YouTube

A spider sitting on a computer screen, with Old English words and definitions in the background, including gange-wæfre, noun: spider (walker-weaver).

This gange-wæfre (walker-weaver) hanging out on my screen dreams of being a word-wæfre (word-weaver)… #TheDeorhord #OldEnglish

The Globe and Mail newspaper’s ‘Arts and Books’ section, with an article titled ‘Fantastic Beasts: Hana Videen traces Old English animal lore in bestiary The Deorhord’, a photo of a red-haired thirty-something woman with an autumnal background and the cover of ‘The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary’.

Old English and fantastic beasts are in today’s Globe and Mail… wundor-līc!
The article is available to subscribers here www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
#OldEnglish #medieval #books #TheDeorhord

What’s On flyer for Toronto Public Library, with a photo of Hana Videen and her book “The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary”. Join author Dr Hana Videen for an illustrated talk! Many of the animals we encounter, from those in our fields to the ones in our fantasies, have remained the same since medieval times — but the words we use, and the ways we think about them, have often changed beyond recognition. Old English was spoken over a thousand years ago, when every animal was a deor. In Hana Videen’s glittering “hoard” of words and animals, discover deor big and small, in a world both familiar and strange. Event at Mount Pleasant Branch, 599 Mount Pleasant Ave, Toronto on Saturday, April 27th, 11 to 12 PM. Registration required. Please register in person at the Mount Pleasant branch or by calling 416-393-7737.

I’m happy to announce a talk I’m doing on #TheDeorhord at #TorontoPublicLibrary Mount Pleasant Branch on Sat 27 April! I’m sharing early in case people need to request accessibility accommodation - please contact the Mount Pleasant Branch 3 weeks in advance: events.tplcs.ca/8457
#Toronto #medieval

Two books by Hana Videen side by side: “The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English” (red and white with shiny gold trim) and “The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary” (green and white with shiny gold trim).

Combine my new book #TheDeorhord with #TheWordhord for a truly festive gift combo for the history and language lovers in your life. (Just look at how pretty they are together!) Find out where to buy these two shiny "hords" at oldenglishwordhord.com/books/