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English: Eala Earendel engla beorhtast, ofer middangeard monnum sended (Hail Earendel, brightest of angels, sent to men over middle-earth) - Exeter Book folio 9v top two lines, being lines 104-105 of the poem Crist I. These lines inspired J. R. R. Tolkien, in around 1913, to start his legendarium. |
Date | c. 800 AD |
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Selection and image cleanup: Own work Medieval manuscript: Exeter Book |
Author | Chiswick Chap |
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