Old English replacement of the letter ƿynn with w. This is a proclamation from King Cnut the Great to his earl Thorkell the Tall and the English people written in AD 1020. Unlike the previous two examples, this text is prose rather than poetry. For ease of reading, the passage has been divided into sentences while the pilcrows represent the original division. The earliest history of Old English lexicography lies in the Anglo-Saxon period itself, when English-speaking scholars created English glosses on Latin texts. At first these were often marginal or interlinear glosses, but soon came to be gathered into word-lists such
The Word Is Live cover of a song by The Young Rascals, and "Go Through This" and "We Can Fly From Here" from the tour to support "Drama", but which were not released on that album. The latter would eventually be reworked and released thirty-one years later in the album "Fly from Here". The title is a pun on the lyric, "(and) the word is love", from their song "Time and a Word". "The Word Is Live" (Rhino R2 78234) failed to chart in the UK or US. The Word Is Live The Word is Live is a box set by the English progressive