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[Aiwendil]

Originally Posted by Ardent

Was that an intentional reference to how you see yourself, as the finder of the Ring?

Oh goodness, no. For one thing, there are lots and lots of dark matter searches going on these days and the chances that the particular effort I work on will be the one to find it are very slim indeed. Moreover, dark matter (despite the sinister-sounding name) is about as far from the Ring as you could imagine; if found, it'll have no practical applications at all, let alone malevolent ones. I certainly did think of a certain unfortunate hobbit when I wrote that line though.

I seem to have inadvertantly hijacked this thread, for which I apologize.

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Aiwendil

I seem to have inadvertantly hijacked this thread, for which I apologize.

Oh, not at all. I did ask if we could see the alliterative verse, after all.

I had been hoping it would not be long so as not to tax my very rusty (decades old) OE skills. The first verse I could muster a translation of, but your kennings would have defeated me.

It reads very well, rhythm and cadence. That's what won me over to OE (I was rather obstreperous as we had to take it)--its aural beauty. I can imagine Tolkien enjoying this, thinking of how to work dark matter into yet another niggling of the Legendarium.

Thanks, Aiwendil. Can I send this on to a friend I have who teaches Old English?

[Aiwendil]

Originally Posted by Bethberry

Can I send this on to a friend I have who teaches Old English?

Certainly. And if he or she has any suggestions or corrections, I'd love to hear them. My OE is completely self-taught, and it would not astonish me if I had gotten an inflection wrong somewhere.