Oct 23, 2019
My oracle card for October 24th, 2019.
I need to make sure that I take care of myself before everyone else. I must learn to be able to say no when needed and not let others walk on me. Be opinionated when necessary and move forward.
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My oracle card for October 24th, 2019.
I need to make sure that I take care of myself before everyone else. I must learn to be able to say no when needed and not let others walk on me. Be opinionated when necessary and move forward.
Word of the Day: atheling
n. A prince or lord in Anglo-Saxon England.
Image credit: Athelstan, c.895-939. Illuminated manuscript from Bede's Life of St Cuthbert. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
theres ppl getting mad at transfems for saying baddel instead of badling ("its only for intersex people") but have no problem with athelings calling themselves athel
For the foremost of athelings
the term of his days in this transitory world
was soon to be endured; it was the end, too, for the dragon's
long watch over the wealth of the hoard.
"Beowulf" - translated by Michael Alexander
Civilisation: Edgar the Aetheling (1051 - 1126)
Civilisation: Edgar the Aetheling (1051 – 1126)
Welcome to the ‘Civilisation’ blog series. This is my attempt to categorise some of history’s most famous (and infamous) names. Sometimes it’s serious and sometimes it’s silly. I hope you like it.
Of all the claimants to the English throne, Edgar seems to have had the best case. In the absence of a direct descendant (due to Edward the Confessors’ celibacy) he was most closely related to Edward…
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