The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 7 months agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down113
arrow-up1561arrow-down1external-linkTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·7 months agoNah, it’s literally an old english word for elephant. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oliphaunt#English
minus-squaredaisyKutter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoThere is a new version for the Hobbit in spanish, ilustrated and annotated that explains it this way
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoLike how lob is an old name for spider. Shelob is just ‘she-spider’ or spider lady
Nah, it’s literally an old english word for elephant.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oliphaunt#English
There is a new version for the Hobbit in spanish, ilustrated and annotated that explains it this way
Like how lob is an old name for spider. Shelob is just ‘she-spider’ or spider lady