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Unread 10-21-2009, 06:32 AM
Philip Quinlan Philip Quinlan is offline
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Originally Posted by Cally Conan-Davies View Post
(Ignorance on display!) I have never seen that poem before, Philip. It's incredible!

Earthgrip - wow, what a word. I never knew such a word. It holds me, too!

Is it Anglo-saxon - old??

Thank you for this. Wow.

(Mark - you know how I feel about that DHL! So glad you posted it!)

Cally
Cally

The Ruin is a well-known penning of Anon from the AS canon - supposedly about the Roman City of Bath (Aquae Sulis if I remember right?).

cf discussion on another thread "earthgrip" or "gravesgrasp" are true kennings for the state of death.

check out the audio of this on Michael Drout's excellent site:

http://michaeldrout.com/

Philip
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