INKLINGS Q & A: Where did Tolkien get the name for his orcs?

A: Orc is from A...

INKLINGS Q & A: Where did Tolkien get the name for his orcs?

A: Orc is from Anglo-Saxon "orcneas," meaning hell-devil. The word appears in Beowulf and is also the source of our modern word "ogre."


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Published on October 01, 2011 06:04
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