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10-04-2006, 12:37 PM
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Gibbering Gibbet
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Sorry for serial posting, but this is interesting...
A quick search through the OED uncovers the following: bal: a Cornish dialect word for a collection of mines; usually used in compound with other words (i.e. bal-girl) rog: a verb of scandinavian origin (from 'rugga') which means to shake, tear or tug at forcibly to the point of breaking... So... balrog: Mineshaker, or minebreaker (with or without functioning wings). |
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