Tolkien’s Use of Old English

Here’s a great read: Some Old English in Tolkien. It's a list of the Old English words that Tolkien used as well as their original meanings. Here are a few examples: · Beorn: ‘man; noble, hero, chief, prince, warrior’; however, this is also how OE would render ON bjorn, ‘bear’. · Mirkwood: mircwudu, ‘dark forest’. In Norse poetry the term referred to the vast expanse of primeval forest in Germanic areas of the Continent. · Quickbeam: cwicbeam, ‘aspen, juniper’. This is definitely a fun read. Via The Bitter Scroll.