-
describes the
ancient Roman ruins as orþanc, "skilful work", and enta
geweorc, "the work of giants" and in
Maxims II.
Clark Hall
gives the
meanings of...
-
ancient work_") and brosnað enta
geweorc ("the work of
giants is decaying") in The Ruin and the
verse orþanc enta
geweorc in
Maxims II for the
names of the...
- are
similarly Old English, both
being found in the
phrase orþanc enta
geweorc, "cunning work of giants" in the poem The Ruin,
though Shippey suggests...
- a
phrase in the Anglo-Saxon
poems The Ruin and
Maxims II, orþanc enta
geweorc ("cunning work of giants"),
which describes Roman ruins. In Sindarin, one...
- a
phrase in the Anglo-Saxon
poems The Ruin and
Maxims II, orþanc enta
geweorc ("cunning work of giants"),
which describes Roman ruins in Britain. The...
-
because they
lived in
other parts of the world. The
verse orþanc enta
geweorc in
Maxims II and
similar phrases in The Ruin
inspired J.R.R.
Tolkien the...
-
wuldre būtan
anginne ǣfre wǣre, swā þec nū for þearfum þīn āgen
geweorc bīdeð þurh byldo, þæt þū þā
beorhtan ūs
sunnan onsende, ond þē...
- wælspera
worhtan ūt
spere næs in
spere gif hēr inne sȳ īsenes dǣl hægtessan
geweorc hit
sceal gemyltan gif ðū wǣre on fell
scoten oððe wǣre on flǣsc scoten...
- Ents from a
phrase in
another Old
English poem,
Maxims II, orþanc enta
geweorc, "skilful work of giants"; The
Tolkien scholar Tom
Shippey suggests that...
- Ents from a
phrase in
another Old
English poem,
Maxims II, orþanc enta
geweorc, "skilful work of giants". The
Tolkien scholar Tom
Shippey suggests that...
