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Thoughts on early medieval literature, Tolkien's Middle-earth, and things in between.
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How to Wreck an Ent-work, Part II (opens the original)
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This is the second part of a series of posts examining Old English words that are used in connection with the destruction of enta geweorc, giant-works. Part 1, dealing with the verb toginan, can be found here.tohlidan means “to split open”. The verb is a bit of a departure from our program, since it is never applied to an object that is specifically said to be an ent-work. However, since many of its uses apply to things that are adjacent to or thematically connected with ent-works, it seemed wor
How to Wreck an Ent-work, Part I (opens the original)
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"In the manner of a giant" (opens the original)
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In an earlier post, I discussed the likening of the Jewish hero Judas Maccabeus to an ent in Aelfric’s sermon on Maccabees.Aelfric did not invent Judas’ resemblance to a giant: he was translating the Biblical account. Where 1 Maccabees 3 has “et induit se loricam sicut gigans” Aelfric has “Iudas ða hine gescrydde mid his scinendan byrnan / swa swa ormæte ent” (“Judas then clothed h
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