Goblins or Orcs?

[Gimli Son Of Gloin]

<em>Orc</em> is not an English word. It occurs in one or two places but is usually translated to <em>goblin</em> (or <em>hobgoblin</em> for the larger kinds). <em>Orc</em> in the hobbits' form of the name given at that time to these creatures, and is not connected at all with our orc, ork, applied to sea-animals of the dolphin-kind.

From a note on the text in the beginning of The Hobbit.

[ June 18, 2002: Message edited by: Gimli Son Of Gloin ]