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"‘Kine’, an archaic plural of ‘cow’, is a rare example in English of a plural that contains none of the letters of its singular form."
– BBC TV show Quite Interesting (FB & Xitter)
09:55 AM - May 13, 2024
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"Kine die, kin die
And so one dies oneself
One thing now that never dies:
The fame of a dead man’s deeds."

The version I learned of this verse from Hávamál, part of the Old Norse Poetic Edda, dated to the 10th century.

(fwiw would be willing to bet real money that pic is of cows in Switzerland)
02:45 PM - May 13, 2024
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