Cynewulf and Tolkien
Further information: EarendelCynewulf's poem Christ II, and also Elene, use the Old English word for the known world, middangeard (translated as "Middle-earth") and was a source used by J.R.R. Tolkien for his legendarium, specifically the Eärendil legend.
| “ | Eala Earendel engla beorhtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended |
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| “ | Hail Earendel brightest of angels Above Middle-earth sent unto men |
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Tolkien wrote "There was something very remote and strange and beautiful behind those words, if I could grasp it, far beyond ancient English."
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