bócastréon

Old English term for the week: bócastréon,meaning “library, a place for books.” 

Bócais a form of the Old English for “book,” and it actually combines into a lot of other interesting compounds which I really like (I did an old post a while ago on  bóccræft, “literature, science or learning”).

Streónmeant “wealth, accumulation, treasure,” and the like, making for the entire word to imply a “treasured trove of books.” 

“Library” could also be referred to by the word bocchord, which I think is equally cute: hordis whence comes our modern English hoard,which makes a library sound like a dragon’s treasure, hidden under some misty mountains on the other side of the world.