INKLINGS Q & A: What is unusual about the names of all the centaurs in Narnia?...

INKLINGS Q & A: What is unusual about the names of all the centaurs in Narnia?

A: Glenstorm, Cloudbirth, Roonwit. These compound creatures-- half-man, half-horse--all have compound names, imitating Anglo-Saxon kennings, poetic compounds such as "whale-road" as a name for the sea. "Roonwit" itself is Anglo-Saxon, meaning one wise enough to solve riddles.