Word of the Day for Thursday, November 17, 2011

bibliophage \BIB-lee-uh-feyj, noun:

An ardent reader; a bookworm.

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which of course leads my mind to:

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Riddle 45

Moððe word fræt    me þæt þuhte 

wrætlicu wyrd     þa ic þæt wundor gefrægn

þæt se wyrm forswealg    wera gied sumes 

þeof in þystro,     þrymfæstne cwide 

ond þæs strangan staþol    Stælgiest ne wæs 

wihte þy gleawra    þe he þam wordum swealg 

http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/english/oldenglish/45.html