[Moo] Hatchets and other synonyms

[Stacie Larson]

Award of the Vined Barbe could be spiffy.  It works equally well in reverse, too - Award of the Barbed Vine.

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From: Karen <karen_larsdatter at yahoo.com>
To: The Barony of Stierbach <moo at stierbach.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2008 10:19:04 PM
Subject: [Moo] Hatchets and other synonyms (was Re:  Axe)

I may be late to the party on this, but "hatchet" is actually A Real Period Word.  You can find some spellings of it in context at http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED19757&egs=all&egdisplay=open





But if we're going for a medieval English word for an axe, my vote's for the more obscure 'wifle':
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=243159508&egdisplay=open&egs=243161166





Some other axe-words in medieval English, with their various spellings:

'ax'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED3312&egs=all&egdisplay=open

'batel-ax'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED3778&egs=all&egdisplay=open

'bol-ax'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED5425&egs=all&egdisplay=open

'borstax'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED5571&egs=all&egdisplay=open

'hache'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED19755&egs=all&egdisplay=open

'thixel'
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=id&id=MED45354&egs=all&egdisplay=open


'barbe' is the cutting edge of an axe
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=11379161&egdisplay=open&egs=11381503



Karen








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