Our magazine’s name is pronounced “withohwindeh”. It is Old English for some of the plants that are called ‘bindweed’ in modern English.
We welcome contributions from members and non-members: please see the guide for contributors
More information about the content of our quarterly magazine is below.
You can also see the range of topics covered in past issues in our index of issues 1-199.
Handbook
In addition, the Society’s Handbook is available to buy, containing our pick of articles from the magazine. These include, among others, topics such as reading and conversational Old English, an introduction to Anglo-Saxon runes, a discussion of the wics as England’s first towns, and an introduction to the Anglo-Saxon harp, laws, kingship, archery, churches and zoos.
Cost of Handbook: £5 plus postage (varies for UK and overseas)
For the cost of postage and to place an order, please contact the Membership Secretary
Contents – Issue #212 (Winter 2024)
Articles
- The 7th Century Laws
- The Quest for an Eadgar Penny
- War over Benfleet pt 2
- St Gregory’s Minster, Kirkdale
- Unferth
- Borderlands
- Changing Seasons
- 2024 Alfred Prize entries
- The True Meaning of Yuletide?
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s report
- Secretary’s page
- Companions’ news
- Event reports
- Coin corner
- Tidings
- Letters
Contents – Issue #211 (Autumn 2024)
Articles
- War over Benfleet pt 1
- The Church at Bradwell-on-Sea
- Who were the Saxons?
- The Scandinavian Settlement in England
- Anglo-Saxon Law in the Seventh Century
- 2024 Alfred Prize open for submissions
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s report
- Secretary’s page
- Companions’ news
- Coin corner
- Tidings
- Book reviews
Contents – Issue #210 (Summer 2024)
Articles
- Winters in the World part 3
- Langford Church
- Jutes on both sides
- Beowulf: the Swedish Connection
- The most glorious King Ceolwulf
- Studying the laws of the Anglo-Saxon Kings
- 2023 Cædmon Prize translation
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s report
- Secretary’s page
- Companions’ news
- Coin corner
- Tidings
- Book reviews
- Letters
Contents – Issue #209 (Spring 2024)
Articles
- The winner of the Cædmon Prize
- Why study the Anglo-Saxons?
- Winters in the World part 2
- Two scholars of Malmesbury Abbey
- Corbridge Church
- The inferred origins of the Anglo-Saxons
- Aldfrith the Learned
- Ethelwulf of Wessex
- The landscape of the Hwicce
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s report
- Secretary’s page
- Companions’ news
- Coin corner
- Tidings
- Book reviews
Contents – Issue #208 (Winter 2023)
Articles
- Panel Page: St Hilda and Cædmon
- In Search of King Guthrum
- How to make an Anglo-Saxon Sword
- Ælfric’s Colloquy
- Sompting Church
- King Æthelric of Bernicia
- Winters in the World
- The Kingdom of Sussex
- A Yuletide Tale
- The Cædmon Prize Entries
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s report
- Secretary’s page
- Companions’ news
- Coin corner
- Event reports
- Tidings
Contents – Issue #207 (Autumn 2023)
Articles
- Between Archaeology and Philology
- Two Anglo-Saxon Churches in Lincoln
- Maldon: An English Thermopylae?
- The Lady of the Mercians
- Panel Page: The Anglo-Saxons
Regular Features
- Editor’s Welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companions’ News
- Coin Corner
- Event Reports
- Tidings
- Book Reviews
Contents – Issue #206 (Summer 2023)
Articles
- Crosses of Northern Britain
- King Ecgfrith of Northumbria – part 2
- Reflections on Shippey’s “Beowulf and the North”
- Lavendon Church
- Myers and the Anglo-Saxon Settlement Revisited
- Hereward the Wake: and English hero for all time
- Museum Visit: Ad Gefrin
- Translating “The Wife’s Lament”
- Days Out with the Old English Zoom Group
Regular Features
- Editor’s Welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companion News
- Coin Corner
- Tidunga – Tidings
- Book Reviews
- Letters
Contents – Issue #205 (Spring 2023)
Articles
- The Winner of the Ælfred Prize
- Tolkien, Byrhtnoð and the Battle of Maldon
- Working Together
- Panel Page: Yorkshire Treasures
- Ledsham Church
- King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
- Herespel for Hugh Soar
- Against a Wen
- Ad Gefrin Update
Regular Features
- Editor’s Welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companion News
- Coin Corner
- Event Report
- Tidunga – Tidings
- Book Reviews
Contents – Issue #204 (Winter 2022)
Articles
- Wulfhere and Mercian southern hegemony
- St Bene’t’s Church, Cambridge
- Collecting Anglo-Saxon coins
- The birth of East Anglia
- Dyeing with woad
- DNA research into early Anglo-Saxon England
- The Ælfred Prize entries
Regular Features
- Editor’s Welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companion News
- Coin Corner
- Event Reports
- Tidunga – Tidings
Contents – Issue #203 (Autumn 2022)
Articles
- Panel Page: The Venerable Bede
- How do I say that in Old English? (The Ælfred Prize)
- The Anglo-Saxon Achievement
- Freawaru and Ingeld
- Jarrow Church
- King Ælfwald II of Northumbria
- Bee and Ham Soup (part II)
- Listening to the Stone
- Our Lady of the Mercians
Regular Features
- Editor’s Welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companion News
- Tidunga
- Coin Corner
- Event Report
Contents – Issue #202 (Summer 2022)
Articles
- Wealþeow
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge Tapestry
- Bee and Ham Soup Part 1: Factor Analysis
- The Future of the Gegaderung
- A Forgotten Old English Tale
- Coln Rogers Church
- Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon Palace
- Our Germanic Roots – Part 11
- Lilla Cross and the Lilla Howe Hoard
Regular Features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Events
- Tidinga
- Coin Corner
- Letters
Contents – Issue #201 (Spring 2022)
Articles
- Cædmon Prize Winner
- Old English Course Review
- History of the Coinage of Anglo-Saxon England
- Hickes, Tolkein and the Freswæl
- The Saxon Tower
- The Kingdom of the Hwicce
- Hough on the Hill Church
- A Deal of Mutual Benefit
- Oswy, King of Northumbria part 2
- Panel Page: Key Players at the Synod of Whitby
- Our Germanic Roots, part 10
Regular features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companions’ News
- Tidings
- Coin Corner
- Book reviews
- Letters
Contents – Issue #200 (Winter 2021)
Articles
- Panel Page: Synod of Whitby
- Cover Story: How to read an Anglo-Saxon Charter
- The Saxon Lady of Long Compton
- The Sons of King Cnut
- Urien’s Rheged
- Repton Church
- Oswy, King of Northumbria
- Our Germanic Roots Part 9
- Stories in Stone: Hackness Cross
- The Caedmon Prize Entries
Regular features
- Editor’s welcome
- Chairman’s Report
- Secretary’s Page
- Companions’ News
- Event Report
- Coin Corner