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This is a good bit more recent, but perhaps even wilder, given that the owner was not a king, and the object was stolen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_
by twic 5y ago
This is a good bit more recent, but perhaps even wilder, given that the owner was not a king, and the object was stolen:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Silvianus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Silvianus
- IAmYourDensity 5y ago> Wheeler called upon J.R.R. Tolkien, as Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, to investigate the etymology of the name "Nodens" referred to in the curse. Whaat..?!
- exdsq 5y agoYou might like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inklings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inklings
- wolverine876 5y agoWhat is your question? Separately from the public career of writer, Tolkien was a leading scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language (also called Old English).
- joebergeron 5y agoThe author of the parent post is expressing an emotion commonly referred to as “surprise”.