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Originally Posted by Aiwendil
One such wight, at your service.
Actually, though I've long been registered there, I don't think I've contributed much, if anything. But I've found their Hu secge ic and Neologism proposals pages a useful starting point in coming up with my own glossary of Old English terms for modern concepts. (I once thought of translating my dissertation into Old English, but I was quite exhausted just getting through the title. But I have written a fragment of alliterative verse on the subject of the search for dark matter. What? Hey . . . where's everyone going?) |
Quite amazing,
Aiwendil! I used 'wight' as a general term and wasn't thinking specifically of any of us dead wights. Very cool.
How long is this fragment of alliterative verse on the search for a ring, um, erm, dark matter? Would you be willing to share it?