From: Steve Woodson
Message: 3500
Date: 2000-08-31
Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:
If there are any fans of C.S. Lewis out there, here's a quizz: Where does the OE word for 'giant', eoten (Middle English eten, et(t)in) occur in the Chronicles of Narnia? Quite possibly it was Lewis's Anglo-Saxonist friend J.R.R. Tolkien whorecommended the word to him. At any rate, Tolkien himself made use of another nice OE term for 'giant', ent, in his own fiction. Piotr
Piotr,
It's been years since I've read the wonderful Chronicles of Narnia books. I still have them. It's long past time to read them again. I hope to have an answer for you soon. Thanks for the inspiration.
Steve