The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agoTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down115
arrow-up1631arrow-down1imageTolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Lord of the memes@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareFiskFisk33@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88·1 year agoNah, it’s literally an old english word for elephant. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oliphaunt#English
minus-squareStamau123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoLike how lob is an old name for spider. Shelob is just ‘she-spider’ or spider lady
minus-squaredaisyKutter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThere is a new version for the Hobbit in spanish, ilustrated and annotated that explains it this way
Nah, it’s literally an old english word for elephant.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oliphaunt#English
Like how lob is an old name for spider. Shelob is just ‘she-spider’ or spider lady
There is a new version for the Hobbit in spanish, ilustrated and annotated that explains it this way