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Re: Plagarism in Fantasy Novels? (was Re: Harry Potter?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:30:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > I thought the word "orc" is derived from the workers around an orc-pile,
> > i.e. a pile of dead bodies, as referred to in Beowulf.
> That would seem logical, especially since Tolkien was a Beowulf scholar, but
> the attributions I have read specifically say it derives from ogre (or was
> it ogre actually derives from orc - dang, I don't remember).
FWIW, the American Heritage Dictionary says the root for ogre is from the
Latin orcus, god of the underworld...huh. Now I gotta dig up the resource
where I got my idea, I vaguely remember this being mentioned.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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