Link Haul - Old English Mann and Japanese Long Vowels

Some interesting links I've found this month. Old English Mann "Mann and Gender in Old English Prose: A Pilot Study" - A look at the use of the word 'mann' in Old English hagiographies and whether it was applied to mean "man" (as in male human) or "person." It appears that mann was often used in the same way we would use "person" today, though it had already begun taking on the implication of…