Widsith

Wada weold Haelsingum.

—Widsith.
Posted by Tim at 12/13/2008 07:00:00 AM
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  1. Tim12/13/2008 04:02:00 PM

    "Wade ruled the Helsings." Tolkien quoted from this Old English poem in his unfinished Lay of Earendel. Almost nothing is known of the mythology of Wade except this and a few other references. But Tolkien imagined Earendel in the style of this figure, and perhaps was trying to replace his people's lost tales with his own.

    —Tolkien, The Lays of Beleriand, p142-144.

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