tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post1930548927241277112..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: 'The words linger': Christ the Arkenstone and 'The Hobbit'Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-75525868443808784742015-07-21T03:15:12.092+01:002015-07-21T03:15:12.092+01:00And is it not also interesting that the inversion ...And is it not also interesting that the inversion of all this in Gollum's twisted love for "The One Ring" results in his obsessively calling it "my Precioussss."Jeff Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036385599454732555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-35077874150866739722014-12-24T21:35:02.726+00:002014-12-24T21:35:02.726+00:00What a wonderful article. Yet more grist for the f...What a wonderful article. Yet more grist for the fact that Anglo Saxon adds to anyone's appreciation of all types of English Literature<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-69728420127909807222014-12-23T12:57:17.571+00:002014-12-23T12:57:17.571+00:00I follow you on twitter and your work has blessed ...I follow you on twitter and your work has blessed me so firstly; thank you! I just wanted to comment on Christ the arkenstone. He fits both aspects of the stones history, a precious stone to some and a stumbling block of offence to others. A blessing or a curse. 1peter2:6-8 ..a stone chosen and precious and a stone of stumbling .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045534379378882407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-22215453198259121662014-12-21T16:09:49.112+00:002014-12-21T16:09:49.112+00:00an intelligent post. I learned a lot. an intelligent post. I learned a lot. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-61065409650227000022014-12-19T02:09:19.277+00:002014-12-19T02:09:19.277+00:00I loved this post, I knew that the dwarves names a...I loved this post, I knew that the dwarves names and Gandalf's name were from old texts but I had no idea there was such a history behind the arkenstone. Thank you for sharing!Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-9522422629644118992014-12-18T15:55:16.362+00:002014-12-18T15:55:16.362+00:00Wow! Wonderful! Thank you! (Your closing words abo...Wow! Wonderful! Thank you! (Your closing words about humility, saying "whatever you or I may think we know about the immense treasure-hoard of medieval literature, there's always more still to learn" make me think of the wonderful humility and assiduousness of Bruce Mitchell which enabled him to produce his Old English Syntax (1985).)<br /><br />Incidentally, humour in Old English Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-52432488457018842382014-12-18T14:56:37.374+00:002014-12-18T14:56:37.374+00:00This is poignant! This is poignant! Itinérantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469829291634641901noreply@blogger.com