Re: The Hobbit, after all these years

On 11/9/2012 1:14 AM, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> Jenny said:
>> But aelf (the ae is a ligature which is really a rune called aesc, again
>> with that ligature and pronounced ash) does in fact mean elf (or sprite
>> or fairy). Often with aesc, the e was eventually dropped or just made
>> into "ae" as with many Anglo-Saxon names.
>
> Some Celtic languages associated a tree with each letter. Any chance
> the same is true with Old English (or whatever aesc is from)?

I don't know enough about the magic system of the Germanic countries,
but one of the meanings of the rune is the ash tree.
>
> Except that one letter that became the 'y' like in "ye". That's associated
> with the pointy things on roses.
>
Yeah. I like that one. :-) It's pronounced like "th" though. And looks
like of like a p.


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