English borrows a lot of words from different languages. Words include rendezvous, genre, and even lemon. English is more of ...

It simply means a very small stream or rivulet. In the North of England there’s a word of Old Norse origin that also means a small stream or brook: a beck. Beck is often used to refer to a brook ...

The Old Norse liked to talk about wet and windy weather, and clearly had a lot where they came from, judging by the words they introduced: A kenning is a two-word phrase or metaphor, used in the ...